Canadian spy story : Irish revolutionaries and the secret police / David A. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, David A., 1926-2018, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fenian Brotherhood.

Secret service--Canada--History--19th century.

Secret service.

Spies--Canada--History--19th century.

Spies.

Canada--History--Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870--Secret service.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Canadian Spy Story takes readers into a dark and dangerous world of betrayal and deception, spies and informers, invasion and assassination. David A. Wilson tells the tale of the Fenians - Irishmen who wished to liberate their country from British rule - and the Canadian secret police who infiltrated their revolutionary cells.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Maps and Figures

Acknowledgments

Timeline: 1782-1921

Prologue: "A Patriotic Irishman"

Part One: Revolutionaries

1 "Such a Prospect of Success": Ireland and America, 1858-66

2 "A Strange Fact": History and Historiography

3 "Relatively Obscure Men": Finding the Fenians in Canada

4 "The Foremost City of America": St Patrick's Day, Toronto, 1858

5 "A Regular Fenian Organization": Extending the Brotherhood in Canada

Part Two: Secret Police

6 "An Air of Mystery": Intelligence Efforts, Intelligence Failures

7 "Imminent Danger": The Threat of Invasion, 1865-66

8 "The Republic of Emmetta": Fenian Designs on New Brunswick

9 "The Irish Army of Liberation": Secret Operations and the Battle of Ridgeway

Part Three: Reactions to Ridgeway

10 "Known Rebbles": Challenges and Opportunities

11 "Best-Laid Schemes": Infiltrating the Fenian Brotherhood

12 "Gang Aft Agley": Charles Clarke's Downfall

13 "Bitterness and Deadly Hatred": The Crackdown on Fenians in Canada

Part Four: Infiltration

14 "The Best 'Card' We Have Got Yet": Henri Le Caron

15 "Practical Evidence of Our Sincerity": Eccles Hill and Trout River, 1870

16 "His Wild Enterprize": Red River

Part Five: Aftermath

17 "The True and Faithful Few"

18 "Contrary to All Expectations"

Dramatis Personae

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228013617

0228013615

9780228013600

0228013607

OCLC:

1289320226