The Tin Nib Short Stories — Barbara O'Sullivan

The Tin Nib short stories is a book of short stories written in the 1990s. With the exception of the story about a Dutch Lady who lived in the time of Sir Philip Sidney who was famous as a soldier, sonneteer and poet. It was said that he died on the battlefield at Zutphen after being mortally wounded, and such a gentleman was he, that he gave his last cup of water to a dying soldier. And then he himself passed away. But his soldiers were so keen to preserve his body that he was concealed in a cask meant for brandy. Barbara OSullivan