“New Vehicles for Old Stories: Canadian mining history in a True Crime frame.”
Charlotte will discuss how contemporary writers are tackling the challenge of engaging non-academic audiences in Canadian history. She will talk about her new book Murdered Midas, about the life and death of Sir Harry Oakes, using a crime story to illuminate Canadian mining history. She will also explore the way the story had been covered by previous authors to illustrate how writer bias creeps into accounts of the past.
The lecture is in room 2017, Dunton Tower on the Carleton University campus at 1 pm. All welcome.
Read more about this year's series of Shannon Lectures here.
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