Charles de Gaulle

VERY slow going. It got really interesting just over half way through. I cannot imagine the amount of research that went into this painstaking writing. It was way too much for a biography, I thought. It dwelt quite a lot on WWII. I did really enjoy learning about the unbelievably childish pride spat......more

The author does not wait patiently until readers can form an own opinion about the character of the formidable general but instead starts with the proposition that all his subject did was to work towards a position of power for the benefit of his country (according to his own views): a single-minded......more

I read Audible version which is a digitized antique of such poor sound quality that it is barely listenable. Through that, an excellent narrative of de Gaulle's life emerges. Fervently nationalist he rallies colonial troops and resources as the core of a Free French fighting force after the fall of......more

An excellent introduction to the political life of one of the more interesting characters of the 20th century. I possessed little if any knowledge of De Gaulle before reading this book, so I cannot judge it for accuracy, but it does lend new perspective on the caricature of De Gaulle prevalent in Am......more