He was a changed man when he returned-socialist in his politics, sympathetic to labour, a friend to activists and writers in radical causes. 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. Volume One takes us from his birth in 1919 to his election as leader in 1968.īorn into a wealthy family in Montreal, Trudeau excelled at the best schools, graduating as a lawyer with conservative, nationalist and traditional Catholic views. 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.īestselling 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.Īs prime minister between 19, Trudeau, the brilliant, controversial figure, intrigued Canadians and attracted international attention as no other Canadian leader has ever done.
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