Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Three: 1957-1968

‘[Mike] tells the first-hand story of that heady time, and tells it superbly well.’ Peter Newman, Globe and Mail

‘To anyone attuned to the ripple of humour, these are some of the funniest memoirs produced by a man of action. They are certainly some of the best written.’ C.P. Snow, Financial Times

‘Lester Pearson was prime minister for only five turbulent years, but through determined leadership he left an indelible mark upon his nation.  His memoirs with their endearing self-deprecating wit, polished prose, and perceptive sketches of people and places stand in the front rank of prime ministerial memoirs. Our greatest diplomat, Pearson combined a realist’s and a veteran’s understanding of the inevitability of conflict with an idealist’s insistence on a world where rules and decency prevailed. In Canada and the world he strove to lay in place the foundations of what he called the empire of peace, and few provided so many bricks for that still unfinished structure.’ John English, Director, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto