The Autograph Tree

by William Henry

Between the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, Lady Augusta Gregory welcomed numerous distinguished literary and artistic friends to her home in Coole Park. Many of these visitors were invited to carve their initials onto a wonderful 160-year-old copper beech tree in her walled garden, which became known as ‘the Autograph Tree’. This book contains profiles of the signatories.

The book is also a history of the Irish Literary Revival told through the biographical accounts of these people, as many of them played significant roles in this very important event.

288 pages, Paperback

Published April 11, 2020

About the author

William Henry is a Nashville-based author, investigative mythologist, art historian, and TV presenter. He is an internationally recognized authority on human spiritual potential, transformation and ascension.
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The spiritual voice and Consulting Producer of the global hit History Channel program, Ancient Aliens, and host of the Gaia TV series The Awakened Soul: The Lost Science of Ascension, and Arcanum, along with his wife, Clare, William Henry is your guide into the transformative sacred science of human ascension.
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With over 30 years of research distilled into 18 books and numerous video presentations, William’s work will guide you to next level of human consciousness and our expanding reality.
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Reviews

[Mico · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable, bite sized biographies of the signatures carved on the Copper Beech tree in Coole Park, Co. Galway. Provides a nice introduction and overview to key Irish literary figures of the period. A dozen or so photographs are included. Though it's a shame there is not actually a close-up photo of the autographs with a reference guide showing how each person carved their name.

Contents:
Augusta Persse 'Lady Gregory'
Robert Gregory
WB Yeats
Jack B Yeats
JM Synge
Sara Allgood
Frank Fay
William George Fay
George William Russell
John Quinn
Augustus John
James Dickson Innes
GB Shaw
Lennox Robinson
Sean O Casey
George Moore
Douglas Hyde
Violet Florence Martin
Lady Margaret Sackville
Countess of Cromartie
John Masefield
Robert Ross
Elinor Monsell
Dame Ethel Smyth
Theodore Spicer-Simson
General Sir Ian Hamilton
General Sir Neville Lyttelton