Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968
by English, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0676975216
- ISBN 13
- 9780676975215
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New York: Knopf Canada, 2006-10-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. near fine; 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Kayleighbug Books (US)
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- Title
- Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968
- Author
- English, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676975216
- ISBN 13
- 9780676975215
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006-10-10
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- X weight
- 38 oz
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