Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-04-19
Books mentioned on Part Three: That Time Britain Did A Genocide in Ireland
Robert is joined by Prop for part three of our series on the Great Hunger. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed The Famine Plot by Tim Pat Coogan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Famine Plot
The Famine Plot is a historical examination written by Tim Pat Coogan that argues British policies during the Irish Famine amounted to a deliberate genocide.
Discussed“And this quote from Kugan's book makes it clear how badly this situation tended to work because you have these kind of local landlords who are managing these workhouses.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Very British Family
“And she wrote writes a book because of this called A Very British Family about the Travalian family.”
Passing After the Revolution
“I I do I um I wrote a book called uh After the Revolution. You can Google AV. No, I'm just kid. What if I did? What if I what if I did write it and I just accidentally just told on us”
Plugged Terraform
“You did write a book though. You did I did write a book. It's called Terraform. It's um poetry and and short story. Uh and I I I haven't won any awards for it.”