The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849
- ISBN-10
- 0880293853
- ISBN-13
- 9780880293853
- Category
- Famines
- Pages
- 510
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Author
- Cecil Woodham-Smith
Description
A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland and in modern America.
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