Ann Baer was born in April 1914, and was a Director of the fine art publishers Ganymed Press, alongside her husband Bernhard. Previously, she attended Chelsea School of Art before working as a civil servant during the Second World War. She hand-illustrated Medieval Woman, and has maintained a lifelong interest in medieval England.
Completely persuasive and ringing with truth. If a medieval peasant woman had ever written a diary it would be like this. --Philippa Gregory