The Great Hunger
€15.95
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780140145151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cecil Woodham-Smith |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.366 |
| Publishing Date | 30/05/1991 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €15.05 |
| Tax | €0.90 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €15.95 |
| Availability | 4 units in external warehouse |
Product 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. 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.