On 7 April 1994, Francois de Grossouvre commits suicide in his office in the heart of the Elysee Palace, close to Mitterrand which he was one of the most faithful companions. Grossouvre, Maurrassian aristocrat engaged in Resistance, maintaining industrial networks in Africa, a former member of Special Services, the seducer was more elegant, the financial campaign, but a bitter man, a friend disappointed. Why the Minister of privacy of François Mitterrand, Mazarine godfather, he decided to end? Why did he denounce the press and the excesses of justice mitterrand twilight? The Last Mitterrand's death is a reflection on power, it is also the story of a loving friendship, beyond the courtesans intrigue.
I want to thank Babélio and paperback editions for allowing me to read this book as part of the critical mass Babélio.
The case was widely publicized at the time ... ... .. One died at the Elysee, counselor, friend of President commits suicide at the Castle! " This is really mess, and this extension, just over the list of scandals that have marred the two seven.
Raphaëlle Bacqué does not present us with an inquiry, but rather a portrait of the man who was a friend of the President, one of his closest advisers, but especially one with which the President shared a secret that the name of Mazarine.
In journalistic style, so clear and concise, the author describes a journey bourgeois suspicious of a man fell under the spell of the President to the point of early implements a system to better protect its little secrets , and gradually fell into disfavor.
devotee of news and politics, I did not discover anything. However it brought such a way that it reads like a novel. The character in question, including, for cons, I had a little preview, is discussed, and the writing is complemented by statements from various protagonists ... ... ... ... and sometimes it makes chilling.
Raphaëlle Bacqué shall, without complacency, the table of the Mitterrand years, the spirit of progress, "business" way of life not very well suited to the discourse.
"No journalist, much ever, is invited. François Mitterrand was expressly prohibits: the people left would not taste to discover in his journal so striking a demonstration of the surviving monarchy in the heart of the Republic "(about the Hunts Presidential luxuries which was responsible for Mr Grossouvre)
Raphaëlle Bacqué-Book Pocket-192 pages
Bacqué Raphael, whose work has already been won several awards, is a journalist with the World since 1999. She is also the author of, among other things, like Chirac Only , La Femme fatale and Hell of Matignon .
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