Paul Johnson

A deeply stricken country

Ireland has suffered bitterly over the centuries through war and want. And the disastrous famine of 1845-9 proves in itself a divisive subject, says <em>Paul Johnson</em>

  • The Graves Are Walking

    John Kelly

    Faber, pp. 400

  • The Famine Plot: England’s Role in Ireland’s Greatest Tragedy

    Tim Pat Cooga

    Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 288

  • Atlas of the Great Irish Famine

    John Crowley et al (editors)

    Cork University, pp. 728

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