Maurice Duplessis. Marguerite Paulin

      

      Maurice Duplessis, 1890–1959.

       Marguerite Paulin

      Marguerite Paulin produces and hosts her own radio show in Montreal at Radio Centre-Ville, on which she interviews writers. She has a doctorate (arts), has lectured for ten years at McGill University, and has taught at the collegiate level as well. She is the author of three other biographies – Louis-Joseph Papineau, René Lévesque, and Félix Leclerc. She has also published essays and fiction.

       The translator: Nora Alleyn

      Nora Alleyn grew up in a bicultural family in Quebec City. After a B.A. from McGill University (languages), and diplomatic postings in Europe and the Middle East, she returned to Montreal where she worked for many years at the National Film Board of Canada as a staff writer and translator. She now works almost exclusively as a literary translator.

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      Maurice Duplessis

      

MARGUERITE PAULIN

      Maurice Duplessis

       POWERBROKER, POLITICIAN

      Copyright © 2002 Marguerite Paulin and XYZ éditeur.

      English translation copyright © 2005 Nora Alleyn and XYZ Publishing.

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       Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Paulin, Marguerite, 1955-

      Maurice Duplessis: powerbroker, politician

      (The Quest library; 26)

      Translation of: Maurice Duplessis: Le noblet, le petit roi.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 1-894852-17-6

      1. Duplessis, Maurice, 1890-1959. 2. Québec (Province) – Politics and government – 1936-1960. 3. Prime ministers – Québec (Province) – Biography. I. Alleyn, Nora. II. Title. III. Series: Quest library; 26.

      FC2924.1.D86P3813 2005 971.4’04’092 C2005-941665-3

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