Canadian spy story : Irish revolutionaries and the secret police
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McGill-Queen’s University Press,
Montreal ;
2022.
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About
"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 and dangerous world of betrayal and deception, spies and informers, invasion and assassination, spanning Canada, the United States, Ireland, and Britain. In Canada there were Fenian secret societies in urban areas, including Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, and in some rural townships, all part of a wider North American network. Wilson tells the tale of Irishmen who attempted to liberate their country from British rule, and the Canadian secret police who infiltrated their revolutionary cells and worked their way to the top of the organization. With surprises at every turn, the story includes a sex scandal that nearly brought Canadian spy operations crashing down, as well as reports from Toronto about a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Featuring a cast of idealists, patriots, cynics, manipulators and liars, Canadian Spy Story raises fundamental questions about state security and civil liberty, with important lessons for our own time."--
Details
- ISBN: 9780228011170
- Physical Description: 568 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Montreal ; McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
“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.