Related category: Ireland, Scotland & Wales
Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 3 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847173713 | ISBN 10: 1847173713
This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues and characteristics of the time. Â Aspects co ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781137278838 | ISBN 10: 1137278838
During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland’s citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across th ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (1991) - ISBN 13: 9780140145151 | ISBN 10: 014014515x
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 'obt ... more
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