This is a biography of Charles de Gaulle evaluating him as a leader and statesman and providing a record of his life. This volume, the first of two (condensed from the original three volumes in the French edition), follows his rise to power and closes with the liberation of Paris in 1944. The author is a former foreign affairs correspondent for "Le Monde" and is a contributor to "Nouvel Observateur" and a well-known political journalist for French radio, television and press.
- ISBN10 0002711524
- ISBN13 9780002711524
- Publish Date February 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 August 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint The Harvill Press
- Edition Abridged edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 640
- Language English