313 letters written by General Charles de Gaulle reveal he was "embattled, lonely and often angry"
A treasure trove of letters penned by French wartime leader Charles de Gaulle has been released to the public after 70 years in the dark. The 313 handwritten documents were found in a cupboard by typist Marie-Thérèse Desseignet in Algiers in 1944, after de Gaulle and his entourage had decamped to newly liberated France. The letters cover 2 years of the first half of the war, from December 11, 1940, to December 11, 1942. Gerard Lheritier, owner of the private "Musee des Lettres et des Manuscrits" in Paris, which bought the documents, said that the collection offers a unique look into the mind of an "embattled, lonely and often angry mind."
(france24.com)
A treasure trove of letters penned by French wartime leader Charles de Gaulle has been released to the public after 70 years in the dark. The 313 handwritten documents were found in a cupboard by typist Marie-Thérèse Desseignet in Algiers in 1944, after de Gaulle and his entourage had decamped to newly liberated France. The letters cover 2 years of the first half of the war, from December 11, 1940, to December 11, 1942. Gerard Lheritier, owner of the private "Musee des Lettres et des Manuscrits" in Paris, which bought the documents, said that the collection offers a unique look into the mind of an "embattled, lonely and often angry mind."
(france24.com)
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