Siege XV, Assault on the Rock is Peter R Leaver’s debut novel Following a long career in the Ministry of Defence, 77-year-old Peter R Leaver, who lives Buttermere near Hungerford now works for Majestic Wine, based in the Newbury branch for the 17 years since his retirement. A graduate of the Open University in Earth and Environmental Sciences, ‘Siege XV’ is his first attempt at writing a novel and he’s excited to be seeing it in print on Friday. “I was very proud of the creativity that I found within myself,” says Peter, Blackburn born and bred, in a working class family and a passionate Black…