Conrad Black

1 series 3 books in order

CONRAD BLACK is the author of widely acclaimed biographies of Maurice Duplessis, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. He was for many years the head of the Argus, Hollinger, and Telegraph Newspaper groups. Black is a financier, and a columnist in the National Post, which he founded, and the National Review Online and The Huffington Post. Black served three years in US federal prisons tutoring fellow prisoners for their secondary school matriculations, although all charges against him were eventually abandoned, rejected by jurors, or vacated by the US Supreme Court, and he won the largest libel settlement in Canadian history from his original accusers. He has been a member of the British House of Lords since 2001. He lives in Toronto.

Known for
Rise to Greatness

Series by Conrad Black

Rise to Greatness

3 books in order · 2014–2017

  1. Cover of Rise to Greatness, Volume 1: Colony (1000-1867)

    Rise to Greatness, Volume 1: Colony (1000-1867)

    2017 · Conrad Black

    Masterful, ambitious, and groundbreaking, this is a major new history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and historians--a book…

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  2. Cover of Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949)

    Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949)

    2014 · Conrad Black

    Sweeping, ambitious, and revelatory, this is the second volume in a major history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and…

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  3. Cover of Rise to Greatness, Volume 3: Realm (1949-2017)

    Rise to Greatness, Volume 3: Realm (1949-2017)

    2017 · Conrad Black

    Colourful, comprehensive, and masterfully written, this is the third and final volume in a major history of our country by one of our most respected…

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