Not to be confused with the three-volume biography the same author later wrote, this is more in the style of a biographical essay. Seemingly written not so much to inform as to comment on commonly known events.

Quick - too quick - overview of de Gaulle's formative years. Breathless pace: we are in World War II before page 70.

The author's opinions and conclusions are probably sound, but he does not lead the reader to them, instead, he states them in the style of an editorial sketch. But excellent for quotes and observations about le grand Charles.

A good read. ( )