GREENWOOD, F. MURRAY - Legacies of Fear: Law and Politics in Quebec in the Era of the French RevolutionToronto: The Osgoode Society, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802005438. DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 359 pages; "Greenwood re-creates a Quebec in which trust between French and English Canadians was an early casualty of the execution of Louis XVI and the descent of the French Revolution through terror into war. Fearing invasion, the English community, through the law officers of the crown, drafted draconian legislation and established an efficient counter-intelligence service. Lower Canada in these years was a hotbed of spies and counter-intelligence, highlighted by the trial for high treason of an American undercover agent for revolutionary France. Placing the legal history of Quebec in the foreground of these dangerous and dramatic events, Greenwood reveals this period as a turning point that altered not only French-English relations but Canada's legal and constitutional inheritance.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket . USD 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 | £UK 15.5 | JP¥ 3063] Book number 21435is offered by:
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