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Cold is the Dawn - (Irish Famine) by Charles Egan (Paperback)

Cold is the Dawn - (Irish Famine) by  Charles Egan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A gripping historical novel following the men and women of the Irish diaspora.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Hunger deepened in Ireland in 1848 as the potato crop failed again.</p><p>In London, the government, alarmed by austerity in England and revolution in Europe, refused to re-open the soup kitchens in Ireland. But, worse still, they refused to halt food exports from the starving country.</p><p>Emigration quickened as many were evicted, and many more fled from a wasted land. They worked the waterfronts and coal mine of America and the railways and building sites of England. But hunger still stalked them.</p><p><em>Cold is the Dawn</em> follows these men and women and their bitter fight for survival in Ireland, England and America.</p>

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