Intriguing, educational, and certainly nothing our history books in school ever focused on. Loved the main character, Eoin, whose hesitancies and fears brought real history to the forefront. A great blend of Irish-Canadian history and fiction which should have its rightful place in the classroom.
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If you have taken a Canadian History course you have likely been introduced to the wild invading Fenians. In the 1860’s they raided the British North American colonies from across the US border, stirred up one hullabaloo, then disappeared as a footnote in history textbooks. Keith Henderson in The Ro ...more

Historical fiction allows a person to gain insight into a period of time. A writer is able to convey feelings, emotions and fears from a historical period through a character in which a reader is able to recall the facts better about an event later on. No doubt, much has been written about the era a ...more