The Great Shame: A Story of the Irish in the Old World and the New
- ISBN-10
- 1856197883
- ISBN-13
- 9781856197885
- Series
- The Great Shame
- Category
- Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
- Pages
- 731
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Author
- Thomas Keneally
Description
A new non-fiction book recounting the 19th century history of Ireland. The book traces the three causes of the halving of the Irish population in that century: the famine, the Irish emigrations to American and Canada, and the transportation of political activitists to Australia. It is a quest for the author's Irish ancestors.
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