“The Graves are Walking” by John Kelly, a historian and popular science writer, is an engrossing narrative of the famine, vividly detailing Victorian society and the historical phenomena (natural and man-made) that converged to form the disaster. Two new books explore Britain’s role in the famine and rekindle the debate about whether its misdeeds can be considered genocide. Mr Blair regretted a time when those who governed in London had failed their people. Between 18 Ireland lost a third of its population-1 million people died from starvation and disease and 2 million emigrated. IN 1997 Tony Blair, the British prime minister, made the first formal apology for Britain’s role in the Irish famine. Palgrave Macmillan 288 pages $28 and £17.99 The Famine Plot: England’s Role in Ireland’s Greatest Tragedy.By Tim Pat Coogan. The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People.
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