Sentence:  A British <WSD>writer</WSD> , Richard Haestier , in a book , Dead Men Tell Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French Revolution the body of Henry /4 , , who had died nearly 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)