The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852
The time is ripe for a fresh, synthetic history of the Great Irish Famine that builds on the many excellent local histories of the famine written in the 1980s and 1990s. Ciar&#225;n &#211; Murchadha's lucid and moving account is exactly this: a work of great narrative and analytic power that is accessible, courageous, and ably written. It will be widely read, and deserves to be. (Professor Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin)