Next Monday night in Toronto, Fort York's imaginative Parler Fort lecture series is doing Fenians. Peter Vronsky will be discussing his new book on the 1866 battle of Ridgeway and its consequences for Canada. And David A. Wilson will discuss the newly published second volume of his biography of D'Arcy McGee, assassinated by Fenians in Ottawas in 1868.
Moderating the evening will be: me. It's seven pm at Fort York, refreshments from the Fort York kitchens, book table courtesy of Ben McNally's Books. Come on down.