Title : The Big Secret - Claude Gubler - book

Summary :

On May 10, 1981, François Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic. Six months later, in-depth medical examinations revealed to the Head of State that he had cancer, giving him a life expectancy of between three months and three years. With a few doctors, François Mitterrand set up a formidable machine to fight the disease, in order to save him, but also to ensure that the French people remained unaware of the illness that was eating away at him. The gradual development of a state secret began, which would last for fourteen years, or two seven-year terms. Claude Gubler, François Mitterrand's personal physician throughout this period, delivers in this book, with the collaboration of Michel Gonod, a political journalist, the astonishing account of these years won over death and snatched from illness, shattering the vision of a man who left his mark on France. Published in 1996 by Plon, this book was banned from sale twenty-four hours after its release, a highly exceptional decision, and was therefore withdrawn from bookstores. Today, following a court decision by the European Court of Human Rights condemning France for this ban, Editions du Rocher, in the name of freedom of expression, wished to once again make this fundamental text available to the reader for understanding the psychology of the one who has often been described as a sphinx, and to make its contribution to contemporary history.

• EAN : 9782268053844
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