Celtic cross at sunset, St David's Church, Naas, Republic of Ireland. Rectorstdavids, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Maggie O’Farrell’s tenth novel Land is a sprawling family saga. It traverses the landmarks of 19th century Irish history, including the Great Famine – with its corollary, incarceration in the workhouse – and the mapping of Ireland via the Ordnance Survey. The story is inspired by O’Farrell’s discovery that her great-great-grandfather worked on the survey. Carried out between 1824