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Review �Everyone should read [this] whether they can remember the events concerned or not. It is a remarkable book in which the man widely chosen as the Greatest Frenchman is dissected, intelligently and lucidly, then put together again in an extraordinary fair-minded, highly readable portrait. Throughout, the book tells a thrilling story.�?Antonia Fraser, New Statesman�Charles de Gaulle was among the most extraordinary visionaries of the 20th century� Jackson�s new biography makes awesome reading, and is a tribute to the fascination of its subject, and to Jackson�s mastery of it� A triumph, and hugely readable.�?Max Hastings, Sunday Times�Jackson sets out to demythologize the General without debunking him. With a fluent style and near-total command of existing and newly available sources, he peers behind the monolithic fa�ade to unmask a composite of opposing traits�In crafting the finest one-volume life of de Gaulle in English, Julian Jackson has come closer than anyone before him to demystifying this conservative at war with the status quo, for whom national interests were inseparable from personal honor and �a certain idea of France.��?Richard Norton Smith, Wall Street Journal�A sweeping-yet-concise introduction to the most brilliant, infuriating, and ineffably French of men.�?Ross Douthat, New York Times�Classically composed and authoritative�Jackson does a brilliant job detailing the evolution of de Gaulle from a normal French officer who has contempt for the squabbling, mediocre politicians of the Third Republic into a clear voice for republicanism�Jackson writes wonderful political history.�?Adam Gopnik, New Yorker�De Gaulle remains France�s most important political figure since Napoleon�A judicious, authoritative, lucid, and engaging portrait�De Gaulle will likely remain the standard biography for many years to come.�?David A. Bell, The Nation�Impressive. [Jackson is] always thorough but never pedantic, always clarifying but never simplifying, and he deploys an enormous amount of research with a consistently light touch and a dry wit his illustrious subject might have appreciated�Charles de Gaulle has been extremely well-served by this big and judiciously blunt new biography. The de Gaulle myth will doubtless continue to grow...but de Gaulle the man is painted perfectly in these pages.�?Steve Donoghue, Christian Science Monitor�A masterly study of Charles de Gaulle, the most formidable man to govern his country since Napoleon, that leaves not a scintilla of doubt about his greatness.�?Sunday Times�It leaves previous works entirely in the shade, largely because of its impeccable research and a rare objectivity and empathy�[A] masterpiece.�?Antony Beevor, The Spectator�A gripping and insightful account of the man who was at the heart of all the main events of French (and therefore European) history in the twentieth century.�?Tim Crane, Times Literary Supplement Read more About the Author Julian Jackson is Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and one of the foremost experts on twentieth-century France. His previous books include France: The Dark Years, 1940�1944, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his celebrated The Fall of France, which won the Wolfson History Prize. Read more
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