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. Cecil Blanche Woodman-Smith was a British historian and author of popular history books on the Victorian era, including The Great Hunger, Queen Victoria, The Reason Why, and Thin Men of Hadda. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Andrews. She died in 1977.
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EAN: 9780140145151
UPC: 9780140145151
ISBN: 9780140145151
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Great Hunger : Ireland: 1845-1849
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1992
Topic: Natural Disasters, Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Ireland
Item Height: 0.9 in
Features: Reprint
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 12.9 Oz
Author: Cecil Woodham-Smith
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
