Who Killed Honor Bright?: Revised Extracts (William Butler Yeats and Honor Bright, #4)

by Patricia Hughes

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This book consists of revised extracts from 'Who Killed Honor Bright?' to make the story easier to understand. W B Yeats married to George in September 1817, and met Lily, in March 1818. She bore his first son, and Yeats treated him as his heir. George suffered jealousy and a loss of pride at the thought of losing her status as a senator's wife, as well as her son's inheritance. She told the Head of the new Free State that Lily was a spy, so he murdered her. Yeats was forced to cover up the murder for political reasons, and also to abandon his first son. The emotional impact was immense. He had sudden "heart trouble" and became depressive. His subsequent life was marked by fear of Purgatory, halfway between Heaven and Hell according to the Catholic faith; he had negligently allowed evil during his lifetime, even though Lily's murder and the loss of his son were not his fault.
  • ISBN13 9781909275386
  • Publish Date 7 August 2020
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Hues Books
  • Edition Revised edition
  • Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
  • Pages 50
  • Language English