Lady Gregory Judith Hill

Name: Lady Gregory By Judith Hill
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Lady Gregory by Judith Hill

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This portrait of a fascinating woman places Lady Gregory in the Ireland of her time, showing how her nationalism in politics and literature shaped her life and work.

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Lady Gregory: An Irish Life by Judith Hill

Lady Gregory, Abbey Theatre founder and patron of W. B. Yeats, writer and daughter of a Galway landowner, became a key figure in the Irish Revival.

This new biography investigates Augusta Gregory's varied relationships and the contradictions and achievements of her life. This portrait of a fascinating woman places Lady Gregory in the Ireland of her time, showing how her nationalism in politics and literature shaped her life and work.

Lady Gregory Reviews

'Hill tells the personal as well as the public story of Lady Gregory, including her early days growing up in a comfortable Anglo-Irish family, her marriage, friendships and loves that were part of her long and eventful life. Hill is a cultural historian who clearly has respect and affection for her subject'. Books Ireland 'Judith Hill's fresh exploration places Lady Gregory in the Ireland of her time, depicting her journey into nationalist politics and unravelling the connections between her life and her work'. Ireland's Own 'Fluid and engrossing' Irish Examiner

About Judith Hill

Judith Hill is an architectural historian and writer. Her previous books include The Building of Limerick (1991), Irish Public Sculpture: A History (1998), and In Search of Islands - A Life of Conor O'Brien (2009). She has taught Irish cultural history, written for the Irish Arts Review, The Irish Times and Times Literary Supplement, and featured on RTAe television and radio. She lives in Limerick.

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GOR004143174

ISBN 13

9781848891104

ISBN 10

1848891105

Title

Lady Gregory: An Irish Life by Judith Hill

Author

Judith Hill

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Gill

Year published

20110429

Number of pages

624

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N/A

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