A Taste for Intrigue : The Multiple Lives of François Mitterrand

from michaelg16

Though I would recommend this highly informed and readable biography to anyone interested in political history and the history of 20th century France, I would say that "Dying Without God: Francois Mitterrand's Meditations on Living and Dying" by Franz-Olivier Giesbert is a far better starting poi...

from Wabbit98

More and more biographies are starting to be written about French President Francois Mitterrand. Hopefully they will continue to be well written, as they become more scholarly. What we get in this book is what feels like an extended Economist article, and the author used to write for that magazin...

from bookwormgeek

Mitterrand was an extremely readable biography on one of 20th Century Europe's most influential leaders. Mitterrand's entire life is documented in detail, and provides the reader with an excellant window into late 20th Century French Politics. It was interesting to revisit some of the defining mo...

from AnnieMod

I was born in the year when Mitterrand became a president. While I was growing up, the Francophone lobby in the Bulgarian politics was getting more and more vocal and it was instrumental in bringing the changes in the country. Because of that the name of the french president and politician was me...

from seeword

This book was given to me as a First Read on Goodreads. French politics of World War II and post war is complex and confusing. So is Francois Mitterrand who was in the middle of it all. Mitterrand was taken prisoner by the Germans when he was a young man. He made several escape attempts and final...