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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.
ISBN/EAN | 9780140145151 |
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Author | Cecil Woodham Smith |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 1 Jan 1995 |
Format | Paperback |
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The Great Hunger : Ireland 1845-1849
It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' - D.W. Brogan.
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