Cecil Woodham-Smith: The Great Hunger [1991] paperback ZLBIO endure twisted religious preaching and

endure twisted religious preaching and eat in a canteen overlooked by the mysterious portrait of a leering Abbess

Starting with photos and papers found in Kurt's isolated cottage

Forever misunderstood

Twenty true stories of covert military operations

For decades

Cecil Woodham-Smith: The Great Hunger [1991] paperback ZLBIO endure twisted religious preaching andThe 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