Contents: 1. 1899-1902: 'Four green fields' [1] 2. 1902-1910: 'Screeching in a straightened waistcoat' [18] 3. 1911-1925: 'O Alisalorn, my son' [58] 4. 1926-1951: 'Flic birth of a nation is no immaculate coception' [98] 5. 1951-1966: 'I remember everything' [155] 6. 1966-1985: 'History, is personal' [178] 7. 1985- 1999: 'The dead are not past, the dead are the future' [212] 8. Conclusion [245] Epilogue [251] Notes [252] Bibliography [263] Index [269]