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''A vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine . . . Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.'' Fintan O''Toole

''A vivid, polemical narrative that does justice to victims and explains the ideologies that worsened the disaster.'' Irish Independent

''Scanlan''s history of the ''''Great Hunger'' and its repercussions is meticulous, me...