Download or read book The Great Shame written by Thomas Keneally and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.