Jean Lacouture's monumental life of Charles de Gaulle has been hailed in France as one of the supreme works of contemporary biography: a meticulous and moving record of de Gaulle's life, and a sympathetic but even-handed evaluation of a great leader and statesman. Photographs.
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Jean Lacouture's monumental life of Charles de Gaulle has been hailed in France as one of the supreme works of contemporary biography: a meticulous and moving record of de Gaulle's life, and a sympathetic but even-handed evaluation of a great leader and statesman. Photographs.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good in very good jacket. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Light foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is clipped.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Gift bookplate on fep. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. vi, [2], 615, [1] p. Notes. Index. From Wikipedia: "Jean Lacouture (born June 9, 1921 in Bordeaux, France) is a journalist, historian and author. He is particularly famous for his biographies. Jean Lacouture began his career in journalism in 1950 in Combat as diplomatic redactor. He joined Le Monde in 1951. In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before returning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (the highest title in French journalism) until 1975. He is mainly known because of his biographies, including Ho Chi Minh, Nasser, Leon Blum, De Gaulle, Pierre Mendès-France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Stendhal and Kennedy". From Wikipedia: "Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 9 November 1970) was a French general, writer and statesman. He was the leader of Free France (1940 44) and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944 46). In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the 18th President of France."