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The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 (Paperback)
  • The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 (Paperback)
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The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 (Paperback)

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Paperback 528 Pages / Published: 30/05/1991
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Synopsis
The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British `obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire `solutions' - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. `A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' D.W. Brogan.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140145151
Number of pages: 528
Weight: 362 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm

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