Padraic X. Scanlan

'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking' Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian 'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history' Mihir Bose, Irish Times Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and convincing prose. The Economist The British empire, in sentimental myth, was more free, more just and more fair than its...

'A vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine... Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.' Fintan O'Toole 'A vivid, polemical narrative that does justice to victims and explains the ideologies that worsened the disaster.' Irish Independent 'Scanlan's history of the "Great Hunger" and its repercussions is meticulous, measured and damning.' Financial Times...