{"product_id":"figures-in-a-famine-landscape-9781472514530","title":"Figures in a Famine Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ciaran O. Murchadha\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures in a Famine Landscape \u003c\/i\u003eis a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45083712651415,"sku":"9781472514530","price":16485.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472514530.webp?v=1767142660","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/figures-in-a-famine-landscape-9781472514530","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}