A Taste For Intrigue by Martin Short
The Multiple Lives of François Mitterrand
A vivid portrait of François Mitterrand charts his evolution from ambiguous wartime figure to master of Fifth Republic power, highlighting his calculated alliances, appetite for secrecy, and finely tuned political instincts. It probes controversies such as his Vichy-era ties, the Elysée wiretaps, and a concealed second family, while tracing his domestic zigzags from early socialist experiments to austerity and his role in European integration at the Cold War’s end. The result is a balanced, deeply researched study of a literary, Machiavellian statesman whose contradictions shaped modern French politics and left a complex, enduring legacy.
- Published
- 2013
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 650-750
- Original Language
- English
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