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Citizen of the World by John English
Citizen of the World by John  English









Citizen of the World by John English

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. This personal side of Trudeau has never been revealed before – and it sheds light on the politician and statesman he became.

Citizen of the World by John English

He even recorded his in-depth psychoanalysis in Paris. 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. Yet in the 1950s and 60s, he wrote the most important articles outlining his political philosophy.Īnd there were the remarkable relationships with friends, women and especially his mother (whom he lived with until he was middle-aged). 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. Suddenly and surprisingly, he went to Ottawa for two mostly unhappy years as a public servant in the Privy Council Office. 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.

Citizen of the World by John English

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 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.











Citizen of the World by John  English