Bibliograph

A taste for intrigue, the multiple lives of François Mitterrand, Philip Short

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A taste for intrigue, the multiple lives of François Mitterrand, Philip Short

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A taste for intrigue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

861496945

Responsibility statement

Philip Short

Sub title

the multiple lives of François Mitterrand

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

Table Of 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

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Multiple lives of François Mitterrand

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