Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that
follows a number of individuals involved in different public
capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during
the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major
effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of
thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in
the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken
newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two
highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an
exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law
inspector. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that
includes private diaries, letters, official reports and
correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of
newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an
in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing
a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great
Famine.
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