Download or read book Trudeau and Our Times: The magnificent obsession written by Stephen Clarkson and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1997 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1: The Magnificent Obsession "Winner of the Governor General's Award" This volume examines the formative influences on Pierre Trudeau's childhood, his knight-errant youth and early manhood, his charismatic ascent to the Liberal Party leadership, and his dramatic first decade as prime minister. It concludes with his bittersweet triumphs in fighting off the separatists in the 1980 referendum campaign and his battle with provincial premiers to patriate the Canadian constitution.