Jack Whyte: Forty Years in Canada

Can$32.95

Jack Whyte is known worldwide for his novels about Arthurian England. But before he was the Jack Whyte, he was a high-school English teacher, professional musician, actor, entertainer and scriptwriter for CBC national television. Next came an advertising career, which continued to introduce him to a range of fascinating people. Along the way, his "fervent preoccupation with the Arthurian legend" led him to write the eight-novel series A Dream of Eagles/The Camulod Chronicles. It was followed in 2006 by Knights of the Black and White, first in Jack's new trilogy on the Knights Templar.

Jack Whyte arrived in Canada in 1967 at the height of this nation's centennial celebrations. Jack Whyte: 40 Years in Canada is a memoir written from the perspective of a Scottish immigrant who embraced his new homeland with passion and ambition at a time when opportunity lay beyond all horizons. A man of strong opinions, Jack has used his command of the English language and his love affair with narrative verse to craft a unique chronicle of his past four decades in Canada. His experiences from 1967 onward are part of a journey that includes ruminations about Canada's "two solitudes," Pierre Trudeau, heroes and feet of clay, Alberta oil, multiculturalism, fast food, the military, health care, a broken education system and more.

Jack Whyte, who was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters for his contribution to Canadian popular fiction, was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1967. He is an actor, orator, singer and poet. His critically acclaimed Camolud/Eagles series includes The Skystone, The Singing Sword, The Eagles' Brood, The Saxon Shore, The Sorcerer and The Fort at River's Bend. Companions to the series are Uther and Clothar the Frank.

 

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