Cecil Woodham-Smith: The Great Hunger [1991] paperback ZLBIO A Book of the Decade

A Book of the Decade

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in glorious full colour

But there is another kind of magic

Let the Season begin

Forever misunderstood

Cecil Woodham-Smith: The Great Hunger [1991] paperback ZLBIO A Book of the DecadeThe 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