Jacques Chirac weakened, how the edition speculates on the disappearance of the former president and Gala

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The world of publishing is actively preparing for the disappearance of Jacques Chirac. The former president of the Republic exercises a power of attraction major.

The man is still standing, but already built his tomb. Severely affected by the illness, Jacques Chirac is in the twilight of his life and fight with his wife Bernadette at his side. While the former head of the State lives in behind closed doors in a particular hotel of the rue de Tournon, some speculate on his disappearance and even post on Twitter the false news of his death, causing a runaway considerable media. And this tourbillon is not ready to stop.

The book titled President, the night has just fallen announced in late September the daily life of Jacques Chirac. An investigation has been excavated by Arnaud Ardoin, who had collected the testimony of Daniel The Tale, a close long-time former French president. The interviewer recounts in particular the tensions with Nicolas Sarkozy, his relationship with his wife Bernadette, the preparation of his / her appointment, her evening ritual and an episode that was kept secret until then, and on hospitalization in an emergency. If many of the mysteries about his life have already been revealed, Jacques Chirac continues to exert a power of attraction on his countrymen. ” It’s like the tomb of a pharaoh, there are always secret parts “ explains Arnaud Ardoin in his book. Many other works will emerge by the end of the year, and could possibly reveal these ” secret parts “.

The 19 October will be published Jacques Chirac, behind the scenes of a design for the editions de La Martinière. A work done by the photographer Eric Lefeuvre and former journalist Laurence Masurel who met the ex-president in their younger years. “He is guilty of enormous errors, he changed doctrine, he falls, he gets up. But there is a form of indulgence to the character. We liked this type with open arms” assures Ms. Masurel.

Soon 85 years, Jacques Chirac does not stop to fascinate the world the edition, and the curiosity of death that accompanies its last breaths. Other books will come out so soon : Chirac, Assad and the other by Manon-Nour Tannous (October 18, editions PUF), Jacques Chirac, a life for France by Christian Boyer, November 2, at Taillandier), An anthropologist named Chirac Alain Nicolas (The Archipelago, on the 15th of November), and Jacques Chirac has said…, Laurent Pfaadt (December 27, editions Mazarine). “Chirac is now a nostalgic look, because it embodies a time when there were still political hero. The French are grateful to have loved, even if all the French do not like him“ , explains Jean-Louis Debré, who will come out on the 12th of October the second volume of his memoirs. A pretty turn of phrase to try to explain the magnetism of the singular form of a politician as it is no longer made.

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Jacques Chirac,Bernadette Chirac

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