Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919–1944

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Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919–1944, Max and Monique Nemni, translated by William Johnson, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006, pp. 352.

The authors of the present work, the first in a projected three-volume biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, have done Canadians a lasting service in publishing a meticulously researched account that shatters a number of longstanding myths surrounding the late prime minister's early years. Max and Monique Nemni are retired academics who were friends and admirers of Trudeau. When in his final years they approached him about writing a biography, he offered his full co-operation, including unprecedented access to his personal papers dating back to childhood.