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The Great Hunger; Ireland 1845-1849.
by Cecil Woodham-smith - £12.99 penguin (1991)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780140145151 | ISBN 10: 014014515x
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'- 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 definative account.
(Price & availability last checked: May 2018)
In booklists: Irish History: The Famine,
In categories: History & Biography, Ireland, Scotland & Wales,
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