The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Cecil Woodham-SmithAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1992-09-01Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140145151ISBN-10:014014515XUPC:9780140145151Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Natural DisastersBook Topic:Ireland, 19th CenturySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCHTJYXBXP
The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849
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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140145151ISBN-10:014014515XUPC:9780140145151Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Natural DisastersBook Topic:Ireland, 19th CenturySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCHTJYXBXP
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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