Bøger udgivet af Patricia Hughes

In 1913 William Butler Yeats studied poetry with Ezra Pound, and from this date all his verse was based on real life. He was made a Senator in the new Irish Free State in 1922 and received a Nobel Prize for poetry in 1923 - so what caused his sudden depression and despair in 1925? His poetry from just after his marriage to George reveals his secret affair with a young Catholic girl from 1918 and the birth of their illegitimate son in 1920. But his jealous wife had her murdered. Here you'll find his heartbreak and hopelessness at the loss of the two people he loved most, in some of the most moving love poetry in the English language.

Authorities in the new Irish Free State harassed and murdered Honor Bright before maligning her as a prostitute and acquitting her assassin. The newly founded Garda Siochana spread deceitful rumours and coerced witnesses to conceal Honor's true identity and the real reason for her death.False evidence, perjury and the silencing of potential witnesses led to huge public demonstrations, but newspapers were coerced into printing only authorised stories or else face the consequences from the Garda or Ministry of Justice. Find out why political support moved away from the Free State towards an independent Republic from 1926, why so many were killed or fled Ireland in the process, and what part William Butler Yeats and his wife George played.