{"product_id":"9780140145151","title":"Great Hunger","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.‘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":"Cecil Woodham-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45726477517118,"sku":"9780140145151","price":435.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780140145151_d9dda635-adf7-40e3-9ac2-e3ed5b0c6388.jpg?v=1707218547","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780140145151","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}