The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781137278838ISBN-10:1137278838UPC:9781137278838Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ModernBook Topic:Ireland, 19th Century, 21st CenturySize:9.20 x 6.07 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCWFNP83KV
The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland's citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across the Atlantic to the United States, with so many dying en route that it was said, "you could walk dry shod to America on their bodies." In this sweeping...
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781137278838ISBN-10:1137278838UPC:9781137278838Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ModernBook Topic:Ireland, 19th Century, 21st CenturySize:9.20 x 6.07 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCWFNP83KV
Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best known historian and the author of numerous important works on Irish history, including Michael Collins and The IRA, published to wide acclaim. The former editor of The Irish Press, he lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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