Citizen of the World

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK
WINNER OF THE DAFOE BOOK PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE FOR LITERARY NON-FICTION
WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MEDAL FOR CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY
FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS’ TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

“A sensitive, thoughtful and beautifully written biography of one of Canada’s most intriguing figures by a leading Canadian historian. This first instalment shows that if anyone can unpick the puzzle of Pierre Trudeau and help us to understand both his many-faceted personality and his impact on his times, it is surely John English.”
—Dr. Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919

“[This biography] is brilliant, so perceptive about Trudeau, so well informed on the context, so beautifully written.”
—Ramsay Cook, General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography

“John English has written a briliant biography of the early life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. . . . Citizen of the World will be as commanding a book as Trudeau was himself.”
—Dafoe Book Prize jury citation

“Citizen of the World is more than just another volume on an already overcrowded shelf. It offers the most intimate look at the most dominant of Canadian political figures in modern times.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)

“The most illuminating Trudeau portrait yet written. . . . John English was given full access to the gold mine–all of Mr. Trudeau’s diaries, letters and papers. It is from that kind of entrée that truths emerge. The Trudeau story is more wondrous than imagined.”
—The Globe and Mail

“English’s work is very readable, balanced in judgment and of course deeply informed. . . . Trudeau’s energy, passion, ambition, wit and intellectuality leap off the page, leaving this reader once again with a sense of the extraordinary nature of his life and character.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

“[A] magisterial biography drawing on many previously unpublished letters and diaries.”
—National Post

“Citizen of the World . . . is one of the most fascinating and revealing books I have encountered in years. . . . Sensitively, thoughtfully, and absorbingly written.”
—The Owen Sound Sun Times

“The most complete version yet of Trudeau’s life, and one of the most revealing biographies of any Canadian prime minster. . . . The definitive Trudeau biography.”
—The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo)

Praise for The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester Pearson:

“A magnificent biography.”
—The Globe and Mail

“John English captures all Pearson’s accomplishments in wonderful, readable detail. . . . Pure pleasure and pure insight.”
—Calgary Herald

“Outstanding.”
—Ottawa Citizen

“A multi-dimensional portrait that rings true from beginning to end. A pleasure to read.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)