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The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister

By P.B. Waite

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
1985
ISBN
9781487580476
DOI
10.3138/9781487580476
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
55 MB (57181032 bytes)
Pages
576\571
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-23 02:58:49

Description

Professor Waite has ably and intimately portrayed the private life of a late-Victorian politican: the sacrifice of home comforts, the loneliness of Ottawa, and the sense of public duty that drive Thomson, despite his natural inclinations, to persist in government service.

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