{"product_id":"9781443431828","title":"Man In The Shadows: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFast-paced, gripping and rich with historical detail, \u003cb\u003eMan in the Shadows\u003c\/b\u003e builds on the historical record to illuminate one of the most dramatic times in Canadian history\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1867, three British colonies became the four provinces of the new Dominion of Canada. Among the Fathers of Confederation was D’Arcy McGee, a fiery former Irish nationalist and friend of John A. Macdonald. As the fledgling country was forming, its security was threatened by the Fenian Brotherhood, a group of Irish republicans that advocated a forcible takeover of Canada by the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this historical novel, Gordon Henderson imagines a cross-border plot to assassinate key Canadian political figures—with complicity at the highest levels of the U.S. government—in an attempt to destabilize the new country. We follow the fictional Conor O’Dea, a young Irish Catholic with political aspirations, who is the assistant to D’Arcy McGee. O’Dea becomes romantically involved with a young Protestant woman, which provokes upset and violence. When McGee is assassinated by a Fenian sympathizer—or so everyone believes—O’Dea takes it upon himself to discover the real assassin, and to prevent the prime minister of Canada, Sir John himself, from being the next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166767759600,"sku":"9781443431828","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781443431828_p0.jpg?v=1763808858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443431828","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}