![]() ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. 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. According to Cecil Woodham-Smith, the rising wrath of Tories and landlords ensured 'all interest in Ireland was submerged.' She writes that the Tory Mayor of Liverpool refused to call a meeting for the relief of Irish distress. ![]() It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' D.W. It combines great literary power with great learning. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. 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 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. ![]()
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