The Famine Plot

England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy

De: Tim Pat Coogan

Narrado por: Roger Clark

Duración: 11 h y 13 m

Resumen del Editor

During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the 19th century, Ireland experienced the worst disaster a nation could suffer. Fully a quarter of its citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across the Atlantic to the United States, with so many dying en route that it was said "you could walk dry shod to America on their bodies".

In this sweeping history, Ireland's best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan, tackles the dark history of the Irish Famine and argues that it constituted one of the first acts of genocide. In what the Boston Globe calls "his greatest achievement", Coogan shows how the British government hid behind the smoke screen of laissez faire economics, the invocation of divine providence, and a carefully orchestrated publicity campaign, allowing more than a million people to die agonizing deaths and driving a further million into emigration.

Unflinching in depicting the evidence, Coogan presents a vivid and horrifying picture of a catastrophe that shook the 19th century and finally calls to account those responsible.

©2012 Tim Pat Coogan (P)2017 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Many intriguing points [are] made in this book...the minutes spark and sputter with a deep, lingering, well-cherished rage." (Peter Behrens, The Washington Post)

Lots of History

I've always been curious about The Potato Famine and this book definitely sated that curiosity. If anyone wants to understand History without being told some BS excuse. I suggest giving this a listen / read. It's not meant as an attack or anything like that. It's just multiple accounts throughout The Famine that no one knows about. Again it's a really long but well informed book. The narrative of the whole book kept me focused which is incredible due to the list of dates, important persons and locations mentioned.

Old Wounds reopened

the offer meticulously and accurately describes the callous nature and abandonment of Ireland to Minds using capitalism as a Prelude an excuse for genocide in the English wig Parliament.

Amazing book...

Well worth listening to, perhaps thrice. The plight and pity of Ireland's people is horrendous from the sounds of things. It's no womder that when they came to America and had to compete against the enslaves African, they showed signs of hatred and bias. Hurt people, hurt people. All in all, this book was amazing. So much history to take in. Phenomenal reading.

Good stuff

Very informative. Eye opening about England’s response to the Irish crisis. Nothing short of genocidal.

Overview

This book a much better read...I would recommend it as a filler
to those who need or want a sharper blade to dig deeper into the famine. It cuts deeper with knowledge about people and life before and after the famine. It alerts the reader to the good, the bad, and failure of faith, society and government to help a poor people. People who could help themselves but were held back because of their faith and education.

Genocide, clearly genocide

The author relates the known facts of the British government’s plan to remove as many of the Irish people from Ireland either by death by starvation or packed into coffin ships.

Factually detailed but a story not well told

There is a lot of detailed information in this book. However, the first few chapters are written ( or perhaps narrated) with such venom against the English oppressors that exacerbated the effects of the blight that it detracts somewhat from the information imparted. Putting this aside, there is a wealth of (seemingly) well researched information that anyone wanting to learn about the late 19th century famine in Ireland, its causes and its global impact will discover nuggets of knowledge. I rate this book highly for the learning opportunity it provides as someone wanting to learn about their ancestry, but the writing style and narrator are distracting in their delivery style in the early parts of the book. I will undoubtedly listen to this book again as I piece together my history and become more familiar with the protagonists of the subjugation of Ireland in the late 1800s.

Great voice and story

I love the voice! And I enjoyed the book- I have been reading many books on this subject and I learned a lot from this one in particular. Worth the time to listen and the $$$$

Important history

This isn’t just a critical history for Ireland, it’s a resounding warning against the dangers of class warfare and ethnic genocide under the guise of high-minded Laisser-faire imperial era capitalism. Trevelian’s activities are baffling, enraging and tragic. It’s a complete wonder that these histories have gone largely unspoken in Western education.

good reason for leaving Europe

real interesting and informative, never new the whole story, now I have a better understanding of why my ancestors came to the US