Used Book – Le dernier Mitterrand, Georges-Marc Benamou

In a month, in a year, the sovereign will die. Tortured by illness, abandoned by some of his own, an almost ghostly despot of a twilight reign, the old French leader has not given up posing for History. A thousand days to live, under the fascinated gaze of a young journalist chosen to be the last witness to his greatness and his weaknesses, his courage and his terror of approaching death. A Shakespearean shadow of the Elysée, agonizing in Latche, withdrawn into his retreat at the Champ-de-Mars, François Mitterrand continued to charm, amaze, irritate, and subjugate until the very end. "Note everything, note everything... and tell them I am not the devil." A bestseller among the immense bibliography inspired by the character, Georges-Marc Benamou's account captivated the public with the power of its testimony.