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The Killing of Major Denis Mahon

A Mystery of Old Ireland

The Killing of Major Denis Mahon( )
Author: Duffy, Peter
ISBN:978-0-06-084051-8
Publication Date:Dec 2010
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $26.99
Book Description:

At the height of the Irish Famine, now considered the greatest social disaster to strike nineteenth-century Europe, Anglo-Irish landlord Major Denis Mahon was assassinated as he drove his carriage through his property in County Roscommon. Mahon had already removed 3,000 of his 12,000 starving tenants by offering some passage to America aboard disease-ridden "coffin ships," giving others a pound or two to leave peaceably, and sending the sheriff to evict the rest. His murder sparked...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: History / Europe / Ireland
True Crime / Murder / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Law / Landlord & Tenant
Political Science / World / European
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.487 x 20.32 x 2.184 cm
Book Weight:0.307 Kilograms



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