My Seven Years of Association with President Mitterrand

Author: Elisabeth Thesée / Bai Ju
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "How am I, how is France?" From 1989 to 1995, during numerous meetings, Fran?ois Mitterrand would always greet Ms. Elisabeth Thesée at the élysée Palace with this catchphrase. The former French President Mitterrand often consulted Ms. Elisabeth Thesée without hesitation and sometimes adopted her advice, which amazed both his political opponents and even his close friends and family. Through the authentic record of long conversations between her and the head of state during critical moments in France's domestic political situation and the evolution of international relations, Elisabeth Thesée allows readers to see the extraordinary personality of Mitterrand, both as a statesman and as an ordinary person, from a unique perspective. The book, published in France in 1997, caused a sensation in the Western world, with translations in various languages, and the media called it "a bomb." "How am I, how is France?" From 1989 to 1995, during numerous meetings, Fran?ois Mitterrand would always greet Ms. Elisabeth Thesée at the élysée Palace with this catchphrase. The former French President Mitterrand often consulted Ms. Elisabeth Thesée without hesitation and sometimes adopted her advice, which amazed both his political opponents and even his close friends and family. Through the authentic record of long conversations between her and the head of state during critical moments in France's domestic political situation and the evolution of international relations, Elisabeth Thesée allows readers to see the extraordinary personality of Mitterrand, both as a statesman and as an ordinary person, from a unique perspective. The book, published in France in 1997, caused a sensation in the Western world, with translations in various languages, and the media called it "a bomb."