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Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy

Name: Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy
Author: Poitras, Jacques
ISBN: 9780864925220

by Poitras, Jacques

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Overview

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.

About the Author, Poitras, Jacques

A much-decorated journalist and reporter, Poitras has received a National Newspaper Award, two national features reporting awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association of Canada, and an Amnesty International Media Award. He is also the author of The Right Fight: Bernard Lord and the Conservative Dilemma.