Fenian Raids
After the American civil war, between 1868 and 1871, the Fenian Brotherhood mounted a number of raids into Canada more...
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
By December 1915, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in France had grown to three divisions more...
The Ross Rifle
“The hasty condemnation by the War Office in 1902 marks the beginning of a controversy which lasted for a quarter of a century; in Canada few topics received so much attention...” more...
Medical care of Canadian casualties in WW1
In the novel I portray Katherine MacNutt and the woman’s Canadian Club of Ottawa raising funds for a nine bed ward at the Sir Sandford Fleming Convalescent Home on Chapel St. more...
Canada’s first submarines - CC1 & CC2
How Canada acquired her first submarines is actually a fascinating tale of suspense, intrigue, hysteria, greed, and comic opera. more...
Belgian Relief
In the novel, one of the key storylines is the Ottawa Belgian Relief Committee, where the main characters Katherine MacNutt and Count Jaggi meet more...
The Home Front
In my novel I tried to portray the many facets of life on the home front during the First World War. Some were quite amusing, like: December ads for Harley-Davidson motorcycles more...
Women and war effort
I tried to reflect some of the changes in the role of women during the war. Most of the women in the novel, such as Katherine MacNutt and Mrs. Ramsey, more...
The Ottawa Women's Canadian Club
“Without organized effort, without the turmoil of a national conflict, without any special stirring of political life or feeling, the steady growth of Canadian Clubs throughout Canada has,” more...
The Memorial Cross (Silver Cross)
The Memorial Cross, commonly known as the Silver Cross, is a medal that no one really wants. Receiving the medal means that you have a lost a love one in the service of Canada more...
White Feathers
The handing out of white feathers to men on the street to encourage enlistment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), as Katherine MacNutt did more...
Winterlude
Only one skating scene, where Inspector MacNutt puts on his skates to cool off after a chance encounter with Mrs. Ramsey, made it into my novel. I had to delete a second scene where Katherine MacNutt and the Count Jaggi meet at a skating party more...