Title |
A taste for intrigue : the multiple lives of François Mitterrand / Philip Short. |
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Publication Info. |
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014. |
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Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xiii, 620 pages ; 24 cm |
Note |
"A John Macrae Book." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A family apart -- The captive -- Schisms of war -- Loose ends, new beginnings -- The staircase of power -- Requiem for empire -- Crossing the desert -- De Gaulle again -- Union of the left -- Politics is war -- The novitiate -- The sphinx -- The Florentine -- The monarch -- The survivalist -- The testament -- Acronyms. |
Summary |
Documents the life of France's first popularly elected socialist president, covering such topics as the Observatory affair, his decision to join Petain's Vichy government, and his influence on French social and political dynamics. |
Subject |
Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996.
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Presidents -- France -- Biography.
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France -- Politics and government -- 1981-1995.
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Added Title |
Multiple lives of François Mitterrand |
ISBN |
9780805088533 (hardcover) : $40.00 |
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0805088539 (hardcover) |
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ISBN |
9780805088533 (hardcover) : $40.00 |
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0805088539 (hardcover) |
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