{"product_id":"the-great-hunger-ireland-1845-1849","title":"The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780140145151\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Woodham-Smith, Cecil","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £6.48","offer_id":47962334232753,"sku":"SB-014014515X-C4","price":6.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/014014515X.jpg?v=1790135666","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-great-hunger-ireland-1845-1849","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}