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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 serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing
impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate
human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book
Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. 'A moving and
terrible book. It combines great literary power with great
learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern
America' D.W. Brogan.
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