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. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account.

• | By (Author): Cecil Woodham-Smith
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• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 30, 1991
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 528 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 014014515X
• | ISBN-13: 9780140145151