Imagine one day being a master at the Elysee Palace, only to become a number behind the bars of La Sante prison.
In these shocking and daring diaries, Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, breaks all barriers, to take you with him on a painful and intimate journey that he has found no way to face except with a pen. Thus, he describes the moments between freedom and captivity, the last breakfast he had with his family, the moment when the iron gate of cell number 11 slid behind him, and the subsequent moments when writing-and sport-turned-A means of psychological resistance and mental escape.
Combining candid personal narratives with careful documentation of a sensitive era in the life of a prominent politician, this work sheds light on the lengthy judicial investigations and onerous trials that preceded Sarkozy's incarceration, providing a comprehensive look at the events that led to it, and recording historical testimony reflecting the political and legal complexities of the contemporary French system.After completing his university studies in political science at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, he obtained a master's degree in private law in 1978, and then a certificate of legal practice in 1981. He made his way from law firms to the Elysee Palace, becoming the 23rd president of France between 2007 and 2012. He is the author of several political works. After leaving power, he faced a series of prosecutions, becoming the first former French president to serve an actual prison sentence.“Imprisonment in its unceasing noise is the antithesis of the desert in its silence, and yet, in both, there is nothing for a man to see or do, and this is his real opportunity to listen, perhaps for the first time, to his inner voice, and to strengthen his relationship with himself.”
