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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.

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ISBN/EAN 9780140145151
Author Cecil Woodham Smith
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication date 1 Jan 1995
Format Paperback
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The Great Hunger : Ireland 1845-1849

Cecil Woodham Smith
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It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' - D.W. Brogan.

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