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The Man from Halifax : Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1985.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (576 pages): illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9781487580476 |