Georges and Pauline Vanier [[electronic resource] ] : portrait of a couple / / Mary Frances Coady

• Autore: Coady Mary Frances
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.064/20922
• Soggetto topico: Governors general - Canada; Ambassadors - Canada; Soldiers - Canada; Governors general's spouses - Canada; Ambassadors' spouses - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Biography
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue -- 1 "Gentle and Dear Soul" -- 2 The Call to Arms -- 3 Sad Command -- 4 "Unfit for Service" -- 5 An Unlikely Romance -- 6 Early Years -- 7 Settling Down -- 8 Diplomacy in London -- 9 Happy in London Town -- 10 Countdown to War -- 11 Beginning of War -- 12 The Fighting French -- 13 Toward Victory -- 14 End of War, Beginning of Post-War -- 15 Toward the End of Diplomacy -- 16 "Only to Serve" -- 17 The Final Challenge -- 18 The End: Full Circle.
• Sommario/riassunto: The dramatic personal and professional story of Canada's most influential married couple.
• Titolo autorizzato: Georges and Pauline Vanier
• ISBN: 0-7735-8633-4; 1-283-53155-0; 9786613844002; 0-7735-8579-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810080503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Footprints series (Montréal, Quebec) ; ; 15.