The Great Hunger Ireland 1845 9 By Cecil Woodham Smith
Download and Read The Great Hunger Ireland 1845 9 By Cecil Woodham Smith full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free The Great Hunger Ireland 1845 9 By Cecil Woodham Smith ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
The Great Hunger
Author | : Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1992-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780140145151 |
Download The Great Hunger Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
The Great Hunger Related Books
Pages: 532
Pages: 432
Pages: 298
Pages: 138
Pages: 429