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. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Urn:oclc:879952448 Republisher_date 20120601083511 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120530154916 Scanner . 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. Urn:lcp:greathungerirela00wood_0:epub:d27128db-ccca-4bc1-a945-42757fed28ca Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier greathungerirela00wood_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9960pn0x Isbn 9780880293853Ġ880293853 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL22642023M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:27:43 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA180601 Boxid_2 BWB220141011 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1989 Old Town Book.

The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith