The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen

by Maud Gonne

Book Overview

Maud Gonne is part of Irish history: her founding of the Daughters of Ireland, in 1900, was the key that effectively opened the door of twentieth-century politics to Irish women. Still remembered in Ireland for the inspiring public speeches she made on behalf of the suffering--those evicted from their homes in western Ireland, the Treason-Felony prisoners on the Isle of Wright, indeed all those whom she saw as victims of imperialism--she is known,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226302520
• ISBN13: 9780226302522
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A book by a lady decades ahead of her time

Maude Gonne is the beauty that inspired the verse of Yeats. She lead a fascinating life, and lived through some fascinating times. In this book, written late in her life, she tells of all her adventures, her struggles, and her times. A woman who would be contemporary today, never mind 70 years ago!