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[c1963], McClelland and Stewart Call No: Bio L385d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Carleton library, no. 3
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c2010., Adult, Thomas Allen Call No: Fic MacS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A gifted, inspiring and wildly popular Prime Minister, Laurier is equally devoted to his quiet, faithful wife Zoe and his ambitious charismatic lover Emilie Lavergne. The story is told through the eyes of these remarkable women - friends who are also rivals for Laurier's heart. Both must contend with the dark contradictions in his nature as he professes to be committed to each of them while uniting a divided nation."--Inside front cover.
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1996., Stoddart ; Distributed in the United States by General Distribution Services, Inc. Call No: Bio L385l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2011., General, Penguin Group (Canada) Call No: QWF Bio L384p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.Summary Note: Everyone knows that Wilfrid Laurier was a great prime minister, an astonishing speaker, and a survivor. But nobody has looked at him as more than a mythological figure for a very long time. André Pratte, chief editorial writer of La Presse, uncovers Laurier's full complexity amid the charged political circumstances of the early 20th century. Laurier tried to unite a country deeply divided in the wake of the First World War, grappling with the thorny questions of minority rights, multiple cultures, and regional tensions. A superb oratorhis defence of Louis Riel established him as perhaps Canada's greatest speakerhe talked to his listeners as if they were as intelligent and well-read as he. Pratte reveals a Laurier who did not have to create a special political strategy in order to deal with the complexities of Canada. His personality, in and of itself, was a mirror of that complexity. Pratte's Laurier affirms our long and stable history, while recognizing that events are never predictable. Like Laurier, great leaders must accept both to govern Canada successfully.
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2011., General, Boréal Call No: QWF FR Bio L385p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Quelle image gardons-nous de Wilfrid Laurier ? Un monument ? Un grand premier ministre ? Un Houdini de la politique capable de survivre à tout ?André Pratte révèle pour nous un personnage infiniment complexe aux prises avec la tourmente politique qui a marqué le début du xxe siècle. Laurier a voulu donner une cohésion à un pays profondément divisé après la Première Guerre mondiale, s'attaquant aux questions épineuses des droits des minorités, de la coexistence des cultures et des tensions régionales. Orateur d'exception - sa défense de Riel fait peut-être de lui le plus grand tribun de l'histoire du Canada -, il s'adressait à son auditoire comme si tout le monde partageait son intelligence et son érudition. Pratte brosse le portrait d'un homme qui n'a pas eu à se forger une stratégie originale pour affronter la complexité de la politique canadienne, puisque cette complexité était inscrite au plus profond de lui.Il en ressort la figure d'un Laurier maître des ambiguïtés, aussi bien dans la vie publique que dans sa vie privée, ce qui en fait un politicien d'une étonnante modernité.
