Fenian Fire: The British Government's Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria

Hardcover with Dust Jacket - 2002 - 422 pages, with 16 pages of plates - very good condition. This book by Christy Campbell examines an attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1887. At the time the Fenian Brotherhood were accused of being behind to plot. Using declassified government files Campbell questions this version and instead points blame to an instigator at the heart of government.

Item weight: 0.7 kg