JOHN ENGLISH, a former professor of history at the University of Waterloo and former MP, is the author of the acclaimed two-volume bestselling biography of Lester Pearson, The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester Pearson, Vol. 1, and Shadow of Heaven: The Life of Lester B. Pearson Vol. 2, along with a 2-volume biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Citizen of the World, and Just Watch Me, both national bestsellers, as well as several other books on Canadian politics.
“A sensitive, thoughtful and beautifully written biography of one
of Canada’s most intriguing figures by a leading Canadian
historian. This first instalment 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, author of Paris 1919
“Citizen of the World is more than just another volume on an
already overcrowded shelf. It offers the most intimate look at the
most dominant of Canadian political figures in modern times.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)
“The most illuminating Trudeau portrait yet written. . . . John
English was given full access to the gold mine–all of Mr. Trudeau’s
diaries, letters and papers. It is from that kind of entrée that
truths emerge. The Trudeau story is more wondrous than
imagined.”
—The Globe and Mail
“English’s work is very readable, balanced in judgment and of
course deeply informed. . . . Trudeau’s energy, passion, ambition,
wit and intellectuality leap off the page, leaving this reader once
again with a sense of the extraordinary nature of his life and
character.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“[A] magisterial biography drawing on many previously unpublished
letters and diaries.”
—National Post
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)
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