DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 (Norton Paperback)

ISBN: 0393309991

Author: Lacouture, Jean

Condition: New

In this magnificent biography . . . Jean Lacouture marches majestically through de Gaulles first 54 years. . . . A feast, robust, subtle, joyful, complex, a celebration to be savored. -New York Times Book Review Savior of his nation in war; bold man of letters; patriot; a statesman who achieved reality for his political vision by the overwhelming force of his will: the personality that emerges in Jean Lacoutures magnificent biography of Charles de Gaulle seems larger than life, a presence of mythic proportions. The story begins with de Gaulles childhood in Lille and follows him through his heroic experiences in World War I and his swift rise to prominence in the French army, to that great moment of triumph, the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Perceptions of the private de Gaulle-the schoolboy, the father-are woven into this politically astute account of a career grounded in controversy.