A Taste for Intrigue

“Remarkable enough to be fiction . . . a gripping, insightful, and often entertaining account of one of Europe’s most complicated and fascinating men.” — PopMatters In 1981, François Mitterrand became France’s first popularly elected socialist president. By the time he completed his mandate, he had led the country for fourteen years, longer than any other French head of state in modern times. Mitterrand mirrored France in all its imperfections and tragedies, its cowardice and glor