{"product_id":"the-great-hunger-ireland-1845-1849-9780140145151","title":"The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecil Blanche Woodman-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was a British historian and author of popular history books on the Victorian era, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Hunger, Queen Victoria, The Reason Why, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThin Men of Hadda\u003c\/i\u003e. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Andrews. She died in 1977.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513832902930,"sku":"9780140145151","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30b5fe44-cb4d-4cd6-9edb-0f378f6d7cad.jpg?v=1730967908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-hunger-ireland-1845-1849-9780140145151","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}