It's an early morning in July; the beautiful stone bridge at the historic estate village of Slane, Co Meath is free of traffic. Scanning the land along the river, from the south bank, there is no one in sight. But this is the Boyne, ...
claws of native ghosts, by lee battersby. my name is george dawson. i am a soldier in the 21st regiment of the royal north british fusiliers, stationed in the town of mandurah on the estate of thomas peel. ...
so my name was patricia margaret hope bbattersby/b. helen suggested that i just leave off the bbattersby/b and adopt hope as my last name. this felt right especially when i realised my godmother's surname was hope. so this is what i've done. ...
