Books on pierre trudeau biography

This was a great read, about a person that slowly sharpen his ideas, make his opinions evolve, and keep his eyes on the future already at hand.

The story of Trudeau here talks of threading lightly on the promises of ideals, the danger of malformed identity, and upbringing of the modern nation.


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This book is mainly based on the preserved writing and documents concerning Trudeau, which were surprinsgly well preserved for most of it : his drafts, correspondences and so on.

The author decided to stay close to this material, make it clear when he speculate on Trudeau state of mind or train of though when he have, and show concrete reason to do so. Additionally, he successfully makes efforts to replace those elements in their historical context.

The psychological close-up of the man, his experiences, the political opinion surrounding him and coming from him, and the historical contex