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Critical acclaim for The Last Great Frenchman
"This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verve and anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle′s career as soldier, politician, and head of state." ––Publishers Weekly.
"Highly readable. . . . It is to Williams′ credit that he is able to get so close to such a prickly personality." ––San Francisco Chronicle
"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book." ––Daily Telegraph (London)
"Marvelous vignettes. . . . Williams tells his story with pace and skill." ––Martin Gilbert
"This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verve and anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle′s career as soldier, politician, and head of state." ––Publishers Weekly.
"Highly readable. . . . It is to Williams′ credit that he is able to get so close to such a prickly personality." ––San Francisco Chronicle
"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book." ––Daily Telegraph (London)
"Marvelous vignettes. . . . Williams tells his story with pace and skill." ––Martin Gilbert
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Critical acclaim for The Last Great Frenchman
"This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verve and anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle′s career as soldier, politician, and head of state." —Publishers Weekly.
"Highly readable. . . . It is to Williams′ credit that he is able to get so close to such a prickly personality." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book." —Daily Telegraph (London)
"Marvelous vignettes. . . . Williams tells his story with pace and skill." —Martin Gilbert
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Custom had it in the nineteenth century that the daughters of Lille returned to their parental home to give birth to their children, and Jeanne de Gaulle, nee Maillot-Delannoy, dutifully obeyed the convention. Read the first page
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Custom had it in the nineteenth century that the daughters of Lille returned to their parental home to give birth to their children, and Jeanne de Gaulle, nee Maillot-Delannoy, dutifully obeyed the convention. Read the first page
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