<p>Arthur Machen is considered a master of Victorian supernatural horror, penning such classics as <em>The Great God Pan</em>&nbsp;and <em>The Hill of Dreams</em>. As a journalist he was also responsible, (albeit unknowingly), for creating the still-popular legend of <em>The Angel of Mons</em>. Machen was born at Caerleon in Wales, and in later life turned his attention to Celtic legend and its ability to transform and inspire our dull reality. <em>The Secret Glory</em>&nbsp;is a semi-autobiographical tale of Ambrose Meyrick, whose mundane existence as a reluctant pupil in an English upper-class &#39;public school&#39; is transfigured by his search for the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend. But every revelation comes at a price - and Meyrick&#39;s triumph in eventually finding the Grail leads him unwittingly to a macabre and grisly fate.</p>