The Great Hunger : Ireland, 1845-1849
Author(s): Cecil Woodham-Smith
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.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.7
- : 01 January 1995
- : 1.50000mm X 5.25000mm X 8.00000mm
- : 01 February 1995
- : books
Special Fields
- : Cecil Woodham-Smith
- : Paperback
- : 2018
- : English
- : 941.5081
- : BL 99787169
- : 510