Presents the history of Ireland from 1600 to 1972. This book describes not only of the events themselves but also the way in which those events acted upon the peoples living in Ireland to produce an 'Irish Nation'.

This work stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The text is supplemented with a chronology of Irish history, and maps.

Covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry.

A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work.

Examines how Ireland weathered thirty years of change, and what the changes mean. This book also looks at how characters as diverse as Gerry Adams, Mary Robinson, Charles Haughey and Bob Geldof have contributed to Ireland's altered psyche, and uncovers various scandals, corruption and marketing masterminds that have transformed Ireland.

Examines how key facets of Ireland's past have been tampered with to serve a multiplicity of purposes. This title is suitable for those anxious that contemporary Ireland may be in danger of turning itself into a meretricious historical theme-park.

Through his prestigious portrait commissions, membership of the Royal Academy and his knighthood, Orpen became part of the British establishment, but always asserted his sense of Irish identity. His experiences as an official war artist haunted him and made him cynical of politicians.

Comprises both paperback editions of R F Foster's W B Yeats: A Life.

Describes Yeats's progress from childhood through a bohemian life of love-affairs, artistic development, and political involvements, to his 50th year. Drawing on a great archive of personal and contemporary material, the author charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality.

The first authorized biography of W.B. Yeats for over 50 years, this first volume takes Yeats from childhood through a bohemian life of love-affairs, artistic development, and political involvements, to his 50th year. Drawing on a great archive of personal and contemporary material, Roy Foster sheds new light on the poet's public and private career.

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