Maude Gonne MacBride is best known as the lifelong muse of William Butler Yeats. This work breathes life into the woman who wouldn't stay on her pedestal. It is a fascinating study of a woman with a flair for the dramatic, whose personality and will carried her through the creation of the Republic of Ireland, through personal loss and national tragedy. This book blends scholarship with a narrative that ensures admiration for a woman who stayed true to herself throughout her life.