Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift: Irish Blow in covers the arc of the first half of Jonathan Swifts life, offering fresh details of the contentment and exuberance of his childhood, of the support he received from his grandmother, of his striking affection for Esther Johnson from the time she was ten years old (his pet name for her in her twenties was saucebox), of his precocious entry into English politics with his Contests and Dissensions pamphlet, of his brilliant