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Yeats in Love

Yeats in Love

€19.95

by Annie West

Introduced by Theo Dorgan, and complete with poetry by Yeats as well as quotes by those who bore witness to his infatuation, including Katharine Tynan, Douglas Hyde and his own sisters, Lolly and Lily, Yeats in Love is a truly original depiction of a decades-long adolescent crush.

Illustrated Hardback | 78pp | 9781848403925 | Release Date: 14 October 2014

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‘As for Willie Yeats I love him dearly as a friend but I could not for one minute imagine marrying him.’ - Maud Gonne

Annie West's irreverent art brings to life W.B. Yeats’s futile pursuit of the beautiful, unobtainable Maud Gonne. Introduced by Theo Dorgan, and complete with poetry by Yeats as well as quotes by those who bore witness to his infatuation, including Katharine Tynan, Douglas Hyde and his own sisters, Lolly and Lily, Yeats in Love is a truly original depiction of a decades-long adolescent crush.

Divine Illumination: The Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Dún Laoghaire

Divine Illumination: The Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Dún Laoghaire

€19.95
Another Fine Mess: Peculiar and Amusing Ways to Die

Another Fine Mess: Peculiar and Amusing Ways to Die

€18.95
People on the Pier

People on the Pier

€24.95