This book is a revelatory book on the Irish famine. A misnomer if ever their was one. This book dissects the well-known story with razor sharp intellect, novel historical knowledge and with the passion of a fired up writer, on top of his game. I hope it to be as good as The Great Hunger. The biggest selling Irish history book of all time. This is the penultimate book on the Irish famine/Holocaust in reality. It tells the story with great passion and enthusiasm for the story. It is a tale told we'll, by a good story teller. We start at ancient Ireland and quickly learn Ireland extremely important role in developing Europe and Christendom. Next, we discuss pre-famine Ireland. Then move onto the main course, the horrific Irish famine itself. Told like never told before. This books makes a clean sweep of the traditional famine story and brings it into the twenty first century with a crisp analytical very engaging style. If you think you know about the Irish famine, think again. Prepare yourself to be bowled over with a magisterial sweep of an old hoary story, which is unceremoniously tossed into the delete bin of famine historiography.
