{"product_id":"the-great-hunger-ireland-18451849-9780140145151","title":"The Great Hunger Ireland 18451849","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732346286423,"sku":"9780140145151","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140145151.jpg?v=1719996505","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-hunger-ireland-18451849-9780140145151","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}