AuthorAmos, KeithDescriptionThe Fenians were a group of revolutionary Irish democrats dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland. In March 1868, a mentally disturbed Irish-born Australian shot and wounded Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, at a picnic on Sydney Harbour. His assassin, Henry James O'Farrell, claimed to be a Fenian. This book focuses on the attempted assassination and the arrival in the same year of 62 Fenian convicts in Western AustraliaImprintKensington, N.S.W. : NSW University Press, 1988Collationxi, 330 p. ; ill., ports., facsims. ; 22 cm.LanguageEnglishNotesIncludes index. Bibliography: p. 309-321ISBN08684017006 (invalid)Dewey Class365.45 AMOPublication FormatReport
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