| Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy Contributor(s): Poitras, Jacques (Author) |
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ISBN: 0864925220 ISBN-13: 9780864925220 Publisher: Goose Lane Editions OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Rich & Famous - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 971.51 |
| Physical Information: 318 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner, Atlantic Independent Booksellers Choice Award and Best Atlantic Published Book Award Were the Gallery's treasures gifts or loans? Was Lord Beaverbrook careless or devious? Jacques Poitras sifts through the personal correspondence, takes stock of the witnesses and testimony at the 2006 arbitration hearings, and interviews the combatants of a bitter legal battle that rocked the art world on both sides of the Atlantic. Deftly connecting the pieces of this historic jigsaw puzzle, he tells a fascinating tale peopled with an arresting cast of characters -- from the self-proclaimed "master propagandist" to the present-day heirs of the Beaverbrook legacy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Poitras, Jacques: - Jacques Poitras has been CBC Radio's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He has written numerous award-winning feature documentaries and has appeared on Radio-Canada, National Public Radio, and the BBC. His first book was the critically acclaimed The Right Fight: Bernard Lord and the Conservative Dilemma. He lives near Fredericton. |