The great shame : a story of the Irish in the Old World and the New /
Thomas Keneally.
- New edition.
- 731 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic refereces (p. 687-[697]) and index.
Based on unique research among little-used sources, this masterly book traces eighty years of Irish history, told through the intimate lens of political prisoners - some of them Keneally's ancestors who served time as convicts in Australia.
9780091840617 (paperback)
Famines--History--Ireland--19th century. Convicts--History--19th century. Convicts--History--Ireland--19th century. Irish--History--Australia--19th century. Irish--History--United States--19th century. Political prisoners--History--Ireland--19th century. Political prisoners--History--Australia--19th century.
Ireland--History--19th century. Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.