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Roy MacLaren

Roy MacLaren was high commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2000. He spent twelve years in the Canadian Foreign Service and served as parliamentary secretary for Energy, Mines, and Resources, minister of State (finance), minister of National Revenue, and minister of International Trade. His six previous books include Commissions High: Canada in London, 1870-1971.

Books by Roy MacLaren

Mackenzie King in the Age of the Dictators

Empire and Ireland

Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945

The Fundamental Things Apply

Commissions High

Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945 (out of print)

Canadians on the Nile