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Published by PublicAffairs, 2011
ISBN 10: 1610390652ISBN 13: 9781610390651
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3.
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Published by PublicAffairs (edition Illustrated), 2012
ISBN 10: 161039187XISBN 13: 9781610391870
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1998
ISBN 10: 1856197883ISBN 13: 9781856197885
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A new non-fiction book recounting the 19th century history of Ireland. The book traces the three causes of the halving of the Irish population in that century: the famine, the Irish emigrations to American and Canada, and the transportation of political activitists to Australia. It is a quest for the author's Irish ancestors. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1976
ISBN 10: 0151367051ISBN 13: 9780151367054
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition Stated. 220 Pages. BCDE showing on copyright page. Beige boards with black quarter-spine and red lettering with front cover embossed decoration. Boards are very lightly faded at top - otherwise As New condition. Page edges are bright white. Interior is faultless. Black endpapers. Compiegne, France, November 1918. A place and a date that will forever be associated in Europe with the 1914-18 World War armistice. In a dank forest three first-class carriages await the arrival of the victors and the defeated. Monumental old Marshal Foch leads the Allied team, singleminded in his determination to force the German delegation to choke down all Allied proposals for the armistice terms. He is accompanied by his acolyte, meticulous Maxime Weygand. Then there is the bluff British plenipotentiary, Admiral Wemyss, whose parish is the sea and whose pre-occupation is that Britain, as always, should continue to rule the waves. They are the victors. The defeated are led by an idealist, Matthias Erzberger, circumspect leader of the Center Party. He had been peremptorily dispatched by a German Chancellor at the end of his tether to wring whatever measures of mercy he could extract from the victors. Already the Kaiser was away from it all in dazed retreat at Wilhelmshohe. There they foregather, to negotiate an armistice, to put a stop the slaughter and end the war. Except Foch isn't in a negotiating mood. And Erzberger is Foch's rendered ineffectual and distraught by Foch's ferocious terms, by his own nightmare responsibility and his agonized visions of widespread famine thoughout Germany. And so they talk and talk.
Published by Random House, Sydney, 1998
ISBN 10: 0091837367ISBN 13: 9780091837365
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. XX, 732 pp., includes acknowledgements, notes, list of abbreviations, bibliography, and index. 24 pages of black and white photographs, map of Ireland in the nineteenth century map of Perth and its environs, and early settlements of New South Wales with detail of Van Diemen's land. Illustrated paperback binding. In the nineteenth century, the Irish population was halved. The Great Shame, a remarkable work of non-fiction, traces the three causes of this depletion: the famine; the emigrations; and the transportations to Australia. Based on unique research among little-used sources, this masterly book covers 80 years of Irish history, told through the intimate lens of political prisoners -- some of them ancestors of the Keneally family -- who served time as convicts in Australia. the previous owner has used whiteout over their name on the very first page, but I suppose as compensation, has protected the binding with clear adhesive plastic. The edges of the pages have done the usual trick of browning on the edges. No other damage to report. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Australia; ISBN: 0091837367. ISBN/EAN: 9780091837365. Inventory No: 0243398.
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Published by Knopf, Sydney, 2012
ISBN 10: 1741558557ISBN 13: 9781741558555
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. maps (illustrator). First Edition. The book is secondhand. The dustjacket and the book show no damage. The author looks at 3 famines, the 1st, the great hunger of Ireland which began in 1846, the 2nd the deadly famine that the Bengal in 1943 and lastly the Ethiopian famine which occurred in 1970s and continued on into the 1980s. The author presents a controversial theory in this compelling narrative  in all 3 famines, ideology, mindsets of government, racial preconceptions and administrative incompetence were, ultimately, more lethal than the initiating blights, the loss of potatoes, or rice or grain. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 324 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1741558557. ISBN/EAN: 9781741558555. Inventory No: 0254556.
Published by Bolinda Audio, UNITED STATES, 2012
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
AUDIO CD. Condition: Good. 8 AUDIO CDs withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. We will polish the Audio CDs for a clear listening experience . You will receive a good set. Enjoy this reliable AUDIO CD performance.
Published by Random House, 1999
ISBN 10: 0091840619ISBN 13: 9780091840617
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The eagerly-awaited paperback of an incredible work of history, h social injustice and survival '.a grandly conceived and prodigiously researched homage to his Irish forebears' The Age '. the range and coverage of this material is impressive . his zest is infectious' Sydney Morning Herald '. engaging and meticulously compiled' Australian Financial ReviewIn the nineteenth century, the Irish population was halved. The Great Shame is Thomas Keneally's astonishing work of non-fiction which traces the three causes of this depletion: the famine; the emigrations; and the transportations to Australia. 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.Beginning with Hugh Larkin, a twenty-four-year-old 'Ribbonman' transported for life in 1834, The Great Shame tells of the Ireland these prisoners came from and the Australia they encountered. It brings us close to Irish women such as Esther, wife of Larkin, and the future Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar, friend and collaborator of notable Irish prisoners. But we also encounter the 'Famale Factory' and the Irish convict women who married humble Protestant criminals, and we learn of the often desperate survival methods of 'transportation-widowed' women left in Ireland.Throughout the nineteenth century, Australian and American organisations participated in the extraordinary escapes or attempted escapes from Australia of some of the world-famous Irish politicals. Amongst these was William Smith O'Brien, nobleman, leader of an uprising at the height of the Irish Famine, who became, from solitary confinement in Van Dieman's Land, the Mandela of his age. Thomas Francis Meagher's spectacular escape led to a glittering American career as orator, Union general, and tragic Governor of Montana. John Mitchel, Meagher's friend in Van Dieman exile, became a Confederate newspaper man, gave two of his sons to the Confederate cause, was imprisoned with Jefferson Davis, but emerged to reinfiltrate Ireland and become member for Tipperary.Through many such lives, famous and obscure, we see not only the daily experience of famine sufferers and Irish activists, but also the astonishing history of the Irish diaspora: to the Saint Lawrence, to New York, to the high plains of Montana and the bush towns of New South Wales. All of them are vividly present in this extraordinary tale of Australian imprisonment, Irish disaster and New World redemption. 731 pages.
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Published by Chatto and Windus, 1998
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. 1998. Chatto and Windus. First. Book: VG. DJ: VG. 10x6.5. 732pp. Gilt titles on spine. Pictorial colour jacket. Profuse b/w illus throughout. 1194g. A remarkable work of non-fiction tracing the three causes of the mass migration from Ireland in the nineteenth century: the famine; the emigrations; and the transportations to Australia. The book covers eighty years of Irish history, told through the memoirs of political prisoners.
Published by Bolinda Audio, 2012
ISBN 10: 146921847XISBN 13: 9781469218472
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Compact Disc. Condition: Brand New. unabridged edition. 5.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by Random House, Milsons Point NSW, 1998
ISBN 10: 0091840201ISBN 13: 9780091840204
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners. Minor mark on right foredge. Pages have sunned. In the nineteenth century, the Irish population was halved. The Great Shame is Thomas Keneally's astonishing work of non-fiction which traces the three causes of this depletion: the famine, the emigrations, and the transportations to Australia. 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. Beginning with Hugh Larkin, a twenty-four-year-old 'Ribbonman' transported for life in 1834, The Great Shame tells of the Ireland these prisoners came from and the Australia they encountered. It brings us close to Irish women such as Esther, wife of Larkin, and the future Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar, friend and collaborator of notable Irish prisoners. But we also encounter the 'Female Factory' and the Irish convict women who married humble Protestant criminals, and we learn of the often desperate survival methods of 'transportation-widowed' women left in Ireland. Throughout the nineteenth century, Australian and American organisations participated in the extraordinary escapes or attempted escapes from Australia of some of the world-famous Irish politicals. Among these was William Smith O'Brien, nobleman, leader of an uprising at the height of the Irish Famine, who became, from solitary confinement in Van Dieman's Land, the Mandela of his age. Thomas Francis Meagher's spectacular escape led to a glittering American career as orator, Union general, and tragic Governor of Montana. John Mitchel, Meagher's friend in Van Dieman exile, became a Confederate newspaper man, gave two of his sons to the Confederate cause, was imprisoned with Jefferson Davis, but emerged to reinfiltrate Ireland and become member for Tipperary. Through many such lives, famous and obscure, we see not only the daily experience of famine sufferers and Irish activists, but also the astonishing history of the Irish diaspora: to Saint Lawrence, to New York, to the high plains of Montana and the bush towns of New South Wales. All of them are vividly present in this extraordinary tale of Australian imprisonment, Irish disaster and New World redemption. (publishers blurb).
Published by Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London First edition . 1998., 1998
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back navy covers with gilt titles and navy end papers. 8vo. 732 pp. Illustrated. In the nineteenth century, the Irish population was halved. The Great Shame, a remarkable work of non-fiction based on a quest not unlike Thomas Keneally's previous quest for Oskar Schindler, traces the three causes of this depletion: the famine; the emigrations; and the transportation's to Australia. A couple of finger marks to fore edge. Book in Fine condition. Dust wrapper in Fine condition and not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. IRELAND (Éire).
Published by Syd. Random House., 1998
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 732pp. Fine. 1st Aust ed. Inscribed by Keneally on the title page. In the 19th Century, the Irish population was halved. This book traces the three causes of this depletion: famine, emigration, & transportations to Australia.