Roger Peyrefitte; Peter Fryer [Trans.] — The Prince&Apos;S Person

London, Secker & Warburg , 1964 . Leather. A handsome copy of this work, offering an insider account of post-war French power politics, from the library of Captain Richard J. Campbell OBE, in a half morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere Bound in a handsome blue half morocco with cloth boards, bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Originally published in the original French in 1963 and first issued in English in 1964, this is an early reprint from October of that year.A political and personal memoir examining the inner workings of power around Charles de Gaulle, focusing on court politics, patronage, and the relationship between ruler and intimates in post-war France. Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000) was a French diplomat and writer, known for works that combined insider political knowledge with controversy.With the bookplate of Captain Richard J. Campbell, OBE, to the verso of the front paste down. Campbell was a Royal Navy officer and hydrographer. He commanded HMS Hydra during the Falklands War, converting it for hospital service, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1983 for his contributions. In a half morocco binding with cloth boards. Externally, lovely. Slight fading to spine. Slight rubbing to leather of boards. Bookplate of Richard Campbell OBE to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots to endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .