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3511326Sir John A.s Crusade and Sewards Magnificent Follyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/sir-john-a-s-crusade-and-sewards-magnificent-folly-9781459709867/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2414712/4ee08172-ac42-48ca-aa4a-912c2534b277.jpg?v=638383943874730000168193MXNDundurnInStock/Ebooks/<p>In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers of Confederation arrived in London to begin discussions with Britain to create Canada. Macdonald and two of his colleagues stayed briefly at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the stately home of the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, Britains colonial secretary. Those are the facts.</p><p>Today Highclere Castle is widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series <em>Downton Abbey</em>. In Richard Rohmers novel, Macdonald talks with Carnarvon at Highclere about legislation to give Canada autonomy, the danger of Irish Fenian assassination plots, and the proposed American purchase of Alaska from Russia. Later, back in London, a fire partially destroys Macdonalds hotel room, and the future prime minister, trying to curb his fondness for alcohol, woos and marries his second wife, Agnes. In the end, Macdonald wins the passage of the British North America Act but fails in his bid for Alaska when U.S. Secretary of State William Seward buys that strategic territory.</p><p>Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation set on the eve of the birth of a nation.</p>...3447946Sir John A.s Crusade and Sewards Magnificent Folly168193https://www.gandhi.com.mx/sir-john-a-s-crusade-and-sewards-magnificent-folly-9781459709867/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2414712/4ee08172-ac42-48ca-aa4a-912c2534b277.jpg?v=638383943874730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781459709867_W3siaWQiOiIxZWMyMWJkYy1kNmQ0LTQwNzUtOTNjOC03ZGNkOTkxMzRhMGIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIwNSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE3OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMzBUMTE6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI1MjM0MmI0OC04NTI4LTRjMzEtYjJlNS03OWNlMzM2ODU0NmUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE5MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjI1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE2OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781459709867_<p>In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers of Confederation arrived in London to begin discussions with Britain to create Canada. Macdonald and two of his colleagues stayed briefly at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the stately home of the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, Britains colonial secretary. Those are the facts.</p><p>Today Highclere Castle is widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series <em>Downton Abbey</em>. In Richard Rohmers novel, Macdonald talks with Carnarvon at Highclere about legislation to give Canada autonomy, the danger of Irish Fenian assassination plots, and the proposed American purchase of Alaska from Russia. Later, back in London, a fire partially destroys Macdonalds hotel room, and the future prime minister, trying to curb his fondness for alcohol, woos and marries his second wife, Agnes. In the end, Macdonald wins the passage of the British North America Act but fails in his bid for Alaska when U.S. Secretary of State William Seward buys that strategic territory.</p><p>Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation set on the eve of the birth of a nation.</p>(*_*)9781459709867_<p>In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers of Confederation arrived in London to begin discussions with Britain to create Canada. Macdonald and two of his colleagues stayed briefly at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the stately home of the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, Britains colonial secretary. Those are the facts.</p><p>Today Highclere Castle is widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series <em>Downton Abbey</em>. In Richard Rohmers novel, Macdonald talks with Carnarvon at Highclere about legislation to give Canada autonomy, the danger of Irish Fenian assassination plots, and the proposed American purchase of Alaska from Russia. Later, back in London, a fire partially destroys Macdonalds hotel room, and the future prime minister, trying to curb his fondness for alcohol, woos and marries his second wife, Agnes. In the end, Macdonald wins the passage of the British North America Act but fails in his bid for Alaska when U.S. Secretary of State William Seward buys that strategic territory.</p><p>Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation set on the eve of the birth of a nation.</p>...9781459709867_Dundurnlibro_electonico_214807eb-1997-4449-bf00-50642ead2029_9781459709867;9781459709867_9781459709867Richard RohmerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/dundurn-epub-c7788432-8eb3-4fb8-86b2-08b577ef6136.epub2013-01-05T00:00:00+00:00Dundurn