The Irish Famine: An Illustrated History (The Illustrated History Series)

by Helen Litton

Book Overview

Why did millions of starving people seem to accept their fate without rebelling? Why did people starve beside seas and rivers stocked with plenty of fish? Helen Litton succinctly deals with the Great... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863274277
• ISBN13: 9780863274275
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Wolfhound Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A GOOD OUTLINE - BUT JUST A START

This small book is a good start to the full study of the Irish Famine of 1845 through 1850. We now refer to this event as the "Great Potato Famine," which indeed it was, but much more. A complete breakdown of an ancient country and society and the ramifications of this on the rest of the world is well outlined here, but I must place the emphasis on "outline." This was a very, very complex problem and the author could hardly be expected to cover it completely with this small volume. The writing is good and quite concise. I feel the author has attempted to be as even handed as one could be with dealing with such a subject. As I said, this is a good start. There are many volumes out there which go into much greater detail and hopefully this small work will strike a spark with readers to investigate further.