After studying biology, politics and education, for more than 30 years Helge-Wolfgang Michel worked in various private sector organisations. For many of these years he worked as a free lance consultant.
Having helped others realise literary projects in the past, in 2015 he decided to start writing himself and has since published 2 books.

This is Helge-Wolfgang Michel’s first publication in the English language.

Helge-Wolfgang Michel starts this book by answering the question: „How did this book about Leopold Heinrich Pfeil come about in the first place?“ He reveals that „Henri“ was his ancestor and it was thanks to the gift of a painting of him that Helge-Wolfgang Michel became interested in delving more deeply into the subject. After research as well as validating facts that had always been passed down orally through the family, he decided to embark on the project of writing about Henri.