BOOK TALK | David Wilson- Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret Police

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION:

Join David Wilson for a discussion of his new book, Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret Police. Presented by the Canada Ireland Foundation in cooperation with the Celtic Studies Program at St. Michael's College, part of the Canada Ireland Talks series. David Wilson will be in conversaion with David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe & Mail.

Location:

Alumni Hall (Room 400)
121 St. Joseph Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3C2

To register: Canada Ireland Talk: 'Canadian Spy Story' w/ David Wilson & David Walmsley Registration, Wed, 18 May 2022 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

David Wilson is professor of Celtic Studies and history at the University of Toronto, the author of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, volumes 1 and 2, the editor of Irish Nationalism in Canada, and the General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

about the book

In Canadian Spy Story David 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.