Synopses & Reviews
Review
"A book worthy of a concern that ruled an area ten times the size of the Holy Roman Empire." The Washington Post
About the Author
Born in Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia, Peter C. Newman came to Canada in 1940. During his stellar career in journalism he has been editor-in-chief of both Canada's most influential magazine (Maclean's) and its largest-circulation newspaper (The Toronto Star). He has also written for The New York Times and The Times of London. His Ottawa column on national politics was syndicated in thirty newspapers with a combined circulation of 2.5 million. Currently senior contributing editor of Maclean's, he writes the weekly Nation's Business column for the magazine.
The recipient of a dozen of North America's most coveted literary and journalism prizes, his sixteen books have sold more than two million copies. His chronicle of the Diefenbaker years, Renegade in Power, was hailed as a breakthrough in Canadian political reportage, as was his monumental, four-volume study of The Canadian Establishment, which became the country's all-time non-fiction bestseller.
A Companion of the Order of Canada, Peter C. Newman has co-authored television documentaries that won the CBC's Wilderness Medal, several ACTRA prizes, and the prestigious Michener Award for Journlism. He lives in Kitsilano, B.C.