Rise to Greatness Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949)
The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present
$45.86
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2017
Summary
Sweeping, ambitious, and revelatory, this is the second volume in a major history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and historians–a book every Canadian should own.Sweeping, ambitious, and revelatory, this is the second volume in a major history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and historians-a book every Canadian should own.From the acclaimed biographer and historian Conrad Black comes the definitive history of Canada-a masterful, groundbreaking account…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771012938 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0771012934 |
| Author: | Conrad Black |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm |
| Series: | Rise to Greatness |
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Critics Review
“Black contemplates his home and native land with unabashed pride.” –Montreal Gazette “The narrative positively sparkles with ironic witticisms and aper
“Black contemplates his home and native land with unabashed pride.” —Montreal Gazette
“The narrative positively sparkles with ironic witticisms and aperçus that make this book as much a work of literature as of history.” – Andrew Roberts, National Post
About The Author
Conrad Black
CONRAD BLACK is the author of widely acclaimed biographies of Maurice Duplessis, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. He was for many years the head of the Argus, Hollinger, and Telegraph Newspaper groups. Black is a financier, and a columnist in the National Post, which he founded, and the National Review Online and The Huffington Post. Black served three years in US federal prisons tutoring fellow prisoners for their secondary school matriculations, although all charges against him were eventually abandoned, rejected by jurors, or vacated by the US Supreme Court, and he won the largest libel settlement in Canadian history from his original accusers. He has been a member of the British House of Lords since 2001. He lives in Toronto.
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