THE PHANTOM OF OPHELIA
Unable to move, his heart stood still as the howling alternated between the sounds of an abandoned woman weeping and then ascending into a near-deafening shrieking as a fit of uncontrollable anger was released.
Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
Unable to move, his heart stood still as the howling alternated between the sounds of an abandoned woman weeping and then ascending into a near-deafening shrieking as a fit of uncontrollable anger was released.
The coins date between 1000 and 1065, most minted during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). The balance of the find was issued by Aethelred II (978-1016) and Canute (1016-1035).
But they are no match for a prowling marauder for whom death is no more to be feared than is birth. The mercenary turned arms dealer has a single lead and an insatiable thirst for a messy and vengeful justice.
The Bronze Age teenager was wearing a wool skirt belted with a large bronze disk with spirals on it.
Figurines from the Bronze Age show women in similar dress, with spiral symbols associated with a Scandinavian sun cult, so historians have concluded the girl must have been a priestess of that cult.
the poacher ensnared the poacher. From being a trader in the human flesh of the Dark Continent he was coopted to being a looter of seaborne gold, treasure, ingots, jewellery and whatever else caught his glad eye.
The fortunate reader of this semi-fictional novel will reach the final chapters of The Soul Mates, and in particular, read the last revealing episode. Here, the startling message on the tombstone will send a shudder through the reader.
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‘Every day I tried to do something nice for someone. It made me so happy to see them happy. Today I don’t know of anybody who sleeps better than I do. I have found happiness by giving it to others.’
I could now see the community churches and farms. I recall being able to make out figures on the shoreline and vehicles using the lanes of the Irish Republic who I imagined were gazing entranced at such an unusual spectacle.
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