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The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in…
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The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in…
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The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in…
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The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in…
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Maud and Iseult Gonne are living in Normandy, taking refuge from the war in Paris, when they hear that John MacBride, Maud’s husband, has been executed. This leaves Maud frantic to get back to Ireland. She dispatches Iseult to London, to fetch their friend, the poet Willie Yeats.
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The story has shifted to 1916. Maud and Iseult are living in Normandy, as the first world war wages and in Dublin, Irish freedom fighters have organized a botched insurrection. Many of their Irish friends and acquaintances were involved. This extract describes what happens when Maud Gonne hears of John MacBride’s Execution for his part.
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This is a scene reimagining the execution of John MacBride, Maud Gonne’s husband, for his part in the 1916 Rising. His death was to change life for Maud and Iseult forever.
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