Iseult

Raised in myth. Silenced by scandal. As her mother lies dying, Iseult Gonne must reclaim the one story she was never allowed to tell – her own.
Dublin, 1953. Iseult Gonne embarks on a pilgrimage through the city, her small dog Magi by her side. She is on her way to her mother’s deathbed in Roebuck. Iseult has lived in the shadow of greatness. Her poetry rivalled Yeats’s. Her beauty mirrored Maud Gonne’s. Yet, born out of wedlock, her identity as Maud’s daughter was denied.
Now time is running short. As the city unfolds before her, memories surface – of convent discipline and glittering salons, of revolutionary hope and private heartbreak, of love denied and loss that shaped her. What begins as a quest for maternal acknowledgment unfolds into a deeply moving personal reckoning.
Iseult is a haunting, lyrical novel that restores a remarkable woman from the margins of history to the centre of her own story, as a daughter walks towards her mother – and herself.

Elaine Feeney

An exceptional, beautifully realised novel - rich in voice, memory and atmosphere - that bravely reclaims a voice from the shadows of Ireland's literary giants. I loved it

Annie MacManus

Iseult is an ambitious and powerful literary novel rendering one woman's life beautifully and skilfully. This is a beautifully observed novel: sensory, deep thinking, lyrical and devastating. I was deeply moved

Sarah Crossan

Iseult is an infinitely moving and masterful novel that is both beautifully written and expertly crafted. This is Helen Cullen at the top of her game