The first paragraph sets the tone:Īt the beginning of 1845, the state of Ireland was as it had been for nearly seven hundred years, a source of grave anxiety to England. Ireland had first been invaded in 1169 it was now 1845 yet she had been neither assimilated nor subdued. Ref KK 5.The horror of what is casually referred to as the "Potato Famine" is meticulously chronicled in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849", by Cecil Woodham-Smith.
In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable.
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 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. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The unclipped dust wrapper has a hint of edge wear and is almost imperceptIbly sunned to the spine but is still near fine condition, it has now been covered in clear, removable brodart protective film. This copy is bright, tight, white and square.
This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine.
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