Sylvan Water and the Night of War on Greenwood Hill
In 1776 a wounded Marylander rests on Greenwood Hill beside Sylvan Water. He recalls glory and losses of war as Katrina, his betrothed, seeks him through the forest. A German lover’s betrayal stirs his resolve to vanish into vengeance, torn between duty, love, and revenge with a bitter inner voice urging justice.
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Greenwood Hill
Gowanus
Brooklyn
New York
Greenood
Sylvan Water
Washington
Long Island
Ioice
George of
England
Katrine
Katrina
Hero
Wilhelm
Wrath
Pilgrims
Rock
Katrina and the Soldier at Long Island Fortress
A dramatic tale set around Revolutionary War Long Island and New York, following Katrina and her two suitors, Charles Gray and Wilhelm Liesler. After a battle near Brooklyn and the Gowanus area, Katrina weds Liesler, abandons Gray, and endures tragedy and longing as Liesler joins the British and departs for Europe, leaving Katrina to pursue him to England.
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Brooklyn
Gowanus
Lord Stirling
Long Island
Gowanus Creek
Sylvan Lake
Washington
New York Island
Katrina
Myndert Vanderhoof
Old Myndert
Hin
Charles Gray
Jooks
Wilhelm Liesler
New York
Europe
Katrina the Star of Wilhelm Liesler’s House
A dramatic tale begins with Katrina seeking Wilhelm Liesler in his Paris mansion and demanding fidelity. Wilhelm finally admits Katrina as his true wife, provoking a confrontation with another woman and a shocked, controlling scene that ends with Katrina fleeing devastated. A voyage to New York reveals Katrina’s lost homeland, a changed country, and her sister’s wealth, culminating in Katrina’s quiet death after a final, sorrowful memory of Chartes.
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Katrina
Wilhelm
Attrn
Wilhelm Liesler
Aata
Buahl
Liester
Lafly
Herr von Liesler
Liesler
Bay of New York
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bieter
Laazarus
Greenwood Hill
Bhetema
Abe
Chartes
Paris
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Katrinas
Sitter
Arron
Massachusetts
Charles
Nberty
Vanderhoof
Holland
the Sisters
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