Blood Kindred: W.B. Yeats: The Life, the Death, the Politics

The product of many years of detailed, analytical and painstaking research. Brimming with references and details of the people and events of Yeats life and times. As such it is a great opening for further study into modern Ireland and modern literature. I do think that there are many incidences of repetation and there is definately some scholastic axe grinding going on. On the whole it is a good read and highly recommended. Conflicts raised are necessary and a good reflection on the life of a poet who lived for more than 40 years on the edge of a wave of turbulent changes.