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Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Vol. 1 1919-1968 / 1st
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9780676975215
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Canada
ISBN-10
0676975216
ISBN-13
9780676975215
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52177561
Product Key Features
Book Title
Citizen of the World Vol. 1 : the Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-1968
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
General, Political, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
37.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-360451
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Praise for The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester Pearson: "A magnificent biography." The Globe and Mail "John English captures all Pearson's accomplishments in wonderful, readable detail. . . . Pure pleasure and pure insight." Calgary Herald "Outstanding." Ottawa Citizen "A multi-dimensional portrait that rings true from beginning to end. A pleasure to read." The Gazette (Montreal), "A sensitive, thoughtful, and beautifully written biography of one of Canada's most intriguing figures by a leading Canadian historian. This first installment shows that if anyone can unpick the puzzle of Pierre Trudeau and help us to understand both his many-faceted personality and his impact on his times, it is surely John English." -Dr. Margaret MacMillan "[This biography] is brilliant, so perceptive about Trudeau, so well informed on the context, so beautifully written.." -Ramsay Cook, General Editor of theDictionary of Canadian Biography
Dewey Decimal
971.064/4092 B
Synopsis
One of the most important, exciting biographies of our time: the definitive, major two-volume biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau - written with unprecedented, complete access to Trudeau's enormous cache of private letters and papers. Bestselling biographer John English gets behind the public record and existing glancing portraits of Trudeau to reveal the real man and the multiple influences that shaped his life, providing the full context lacking in all previous biographies to-date. As prime minister between 1968 and 1984, Trudeau, the brilliant, controversial figure, intrigued Canadians and attracted international attention as no other Canadian leader has ever done. Volume One takes us from his birth in 1919 to his election as leader in 1968. Born into a wealthy family in Montreal, Trudeau excelled at the best schools, graduating as a lawyer with conservative, nationalist and traditional Catholic views. But always conscious of his French-English heritage, desperate to know the outside world, and an adventurer to boot, he embarked on a pilgrimage of discovery - first to Harvard and the Sorbonne, then to the London School of Economics and, finally, on a trip through Europe, the Middle East, India and China. He was a changed man when he returned - socialist in his politics, sympathetic to labour, a friend to activists and writers in radical causes. Suddenly and surprisingly, he went to Ottawa for two mostly unhappy years as a public servant in the Privy Council Office. He frequently shocked his colleagues when, on the brink of a Quebec election, for example, he departed for New York or Europe on an extended tour. Yet in the 1950s and 60s, he wrote the most important articlesoutlining his political philosophy. And there were the remarkable relationships with friends, women and especially his mother (whom he lived with until he was middle-aged). He wrote to them always, exchanging ideas with the men, intimacies with the women, especially in these early years, and lively descriptions of his life. He even recorded his in-depth psychoanalysis in Paris. This personal side of Trudeau has never been revealed before - and it sheds light on the politician and statesman he became. Volume One ends with his entry into politics, his appointment as Minister of Justice, his meeting Margaret and his election as leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada. There, his genius and charisma, his ambition and intellectual prowess, his ruthlessness and emotional character and his deliberate shaping of himself for leadership played out on the national stage and, when Lester B. Pearson announced his retirement as prime minister in 1968, there was but one obvious man for the job: Pierre Trudeau. In 1938 Trudeau began a diary, which he continued for over two years. It is detailed, frank, and extraordinarily revealing. It is the only diary in Trudeau's papers, apart from less personal travel diaries and an agenda for 1937 that contains some commentary. His diary expresses Trudeau's own need to chronicle the moments of late adolescence as he tried to find his identity. It begins on New Year's Day 1938 with the intriguing advice: If you want to know my thoughts, read between the lines -from Citizen of the World
LC Classification Number
F1034.3.T7E54 2006
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