The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 - Hardcover

Ciarán Ó Murchadha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847252176 ISBN 13: 9781847252173

Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Review:

'Building on new research from the last 15 years, O Murchadha has created a fine overview of the famine... Dr O Murchadha's book is a welcome addition to famine historiography and it demonstrates that there is still much that remains to be told about this catastrophe.' --BBC History Magazine

This handsomely produced book is the first general narrative of the Great Famine to appear for some years... It is a valuable book, beautifully constructed and written, and very welcome... What sets this book apart [from other books on the subject]... is the quality of the writing... the prose is elegant and clear, and there is hardly a sentence in the book that is not pellucid and beautifully constructed. --Niall Ó Ciosáin, National University of Ireland, Galway

About the Author:

Ciarán Ó Murchadha is a specialist in modern Irish history.His earlier Famine study, Sable Wings over the Land (1998), has been acclaimed as opening new ground in the study of the Great Famine.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847252176
• ISBN 13: 9781847252173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272