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Canadian spy story : Irish revolutionaries and the secret police /
"In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire. Between 1866 and 1871 they launched a series of armed raids into Canadian territory. In Canadian Spy Story David A. Wilson takes readers into a dark an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Such a Prospect of Success": Ireland and America, 1858-66
- "A Strange Fact": History and Historiography
- "Relatively Obscure Men": Finding the Fenians in Canada
- "The Foremost City of America": St Patrick's Day, Toronto, 1858
- "A Regular Fenian Organization": Extending the Brotherhood in Canada
- "An Air of Mystery": Intelligence Efforts, Intelligence Failures
- "Imminent Danger": The Threat of Invasion, 1865-66
- "The Republic of Emmetta": Fenian Designs on New Brunswick
- "The Irish Army of Liberation": Secret Operations and the Battle of Ridgeway
- "Known Rebbles": Challenges and Opportunities
- "Best-Laid Schemes": Infiltrating the Fenian Brotherhood
- "Gang Aft Agley": Charles Clarke's Downfall
- "Bitterness and Deadly Hatred": The Crackdown on Fenians in Canada
- "The Best 'Card' We Have Got Yet": Henri Le Caron
- "Practical Evidence of Our Sincerity": Eccles Hill and Trout River, 1870
- "His Wild Enterprize": Red River
- "The True and Faithful Few"
- "Contrary to All Expectations.