Christy Campbell published a 2002 book about the shady background of this event.
Christy Campbell published a 2002 book about the shady background of this event. The planners of this event failed partially because they missed the boat they were supposed to take from New York to Liverpool. In the aftermath of the Phoenix Park murders and this event, Richard Pigott forged a number of letters and published them in The Times. Two of this event's executors, Michael Harkins and Thomas Callan, were sentenced to prison for 15 years. This event was orchestrated by Francis Millen, who may have actually been a member of the British Secret Service under the orders of Lord Salisbury, who wished to discredit Clan na Gael, Charles Parnell, and other Irish nationalists. On the surface, the plan behind this event was to destroy Westminster Abbey with dynamite in 1887. For 10 points, name this plot to assassinate Queen Victoria during the fiftieth year of her reign.
Christy Campbell published a 2002 book about the shady background of this event.
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