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In Delusion: The True Story of Victorian Superspy Henri Le Caron, journalist Peter Edwards reveals the early history of Canadian, British, and American espionage. With the 1868 assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Confederation, newly elected prime minister John A. Macdonald created Canada's first secret police. As head of this covert force, Gilbert McMicken hired Le Caron, who also reported to Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard.
Delusion details the little-told historic role Canada played in the violent fight for Irish Independence. Individuals and motivations clash in this epic story of nationhood at the crossroads that still resonates today.
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Henri Le Caron, (1841-1894), secret service agent, was born Thomas Miller Beach in Colchester, Essex. An adventurous character, he went to Paris at 19 and found employment in business connected with America and, infected by the excitement of the Civil War, crossed the Atlantic in 1861 to enlist in the Northern army.In 1864, he married a young lady who had helped him escape Confederate forces and by the end of the war held the rank of major. In 1865, he was brought into contact with Fenianism, and having learnt of the Fenian plot against Canada, wrote home to his father. Mr Beach senior told his MP who in turn told the Home Secretary, and the latter asked for more information. Le Caron, inspired by genuinely patriotic feeling, acted for the British government as a paid military spy supplying intelligence on the various Irish-American associations, of which he himself became a prominent member.For twenty-five years he lived in America, all the time carrying his life in his hands. The Parnell Commission 1889 put an end to this with Le Caron subpoenaed by "The Times", and in the witness-box his story came out.
With his career at an end he published the story of his life, "Twenty-five Years in the Secret Service", which enjoyed an immense circulation."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherKey Porter Books Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1552639673
- ISBN 13 9781552639672
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages296
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