{"product_id":"great-hunger-the-1","title":"Great Hunger, The","description":"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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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":57047782031695,"sku":"9780140145151","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780140145151_1-great-hunger-the.jpg?v=1771308191","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/great-hunger-the-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}