Daniel O'Connell, the British Press and the Irish Famine: Killing Remarks.(Book Review)

Leslie A. Williams. Daniel O'Connell, the British Press and the Irish Famine: Killing Remarks. Burlington VT: Ashgate. 2003. Pp. xvii, 380. $79.95. ISBN 0-7546-0553-1.

Leslie Williams's study of British newspaper reporting of the Irish Famine of 1845-50 is a fresh and valuable contribution to what had begun to seem an overworked field. In contrast to the politicised rhetoric that has marred much recent writing, she starts with a clear recognition that the British government's response to the disaster arising from the loss of the potato crop represented a considerable financial and ...

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