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The Great Hunger is a 1962 book about the 1845–1849 Great Famine in Ireland by the British historian Cecil Woodham-Smith. It was published by Harper and Row and Penguin Books.
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Cecil Woodham-Smith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | The Great Famine in Ireland, 1845–1849 |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) Harper and Row (US) |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0140145151 |
The British broadcaster and journalist Robert Kee described it, "A masterpiece of the historian's art". The British historian Denis Brogan said that it was "A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland – and in modern America".[1]
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edit- ^ These quotes are from the Penguin edition of The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849, 1962.
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