THE GREAT HUNGER by Cecil Woodham-Smith ( 9780140145151 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE GREAT HUNGER
IRELAND 1845-1849

By:

Cecil Woodham-Smith

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

014014515X

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9780140145151

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

30 May, 1991

Pages:

528

Description:

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. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account.

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.

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