Read this talk about controversial events in William Butler Yeats's life, such as his sudden heart troubles and depression from June 1925, his notorious Divorce Bill speech, the riots over Sean O'Casey's production of The Plough and the Stars and Yeats's later obsession with Purgatory. His wife George was his amanuensis; find out about why she altered details in his works, and hoarding his papers after his death. She insisted that Yeats's alter egos and "masks" were psychic creations of a genius; but they were real disguises that she had to suppress, to hide her own role in the murder of Yeats's extra-marital lover.
My own family history is connected to these events. They show why my grandmother was murdered, who was responsible, and how the truth was concealed. You can find out why my father had a different name in childhood, and why the Garda Siochana strongly urged him to not enquire into his mother's life. It shows why my sisters and I could see from her photograph that she was never a prostitute, but why the jury at the trial of her assassins had such a different point of view.
- ISBN13 9781909275256
- Publish Date 30 June 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Hues Books
- Edition Digital original
- Format eBook
- Language English