Rare letter from Yvonne de Gaulle, during the war, about the General.
"It so happens that my two eldest children had the idea of doing something together after the war, something about their father."
800€
"It so happens that my two eldest children had the idea of doing something together after the war, something about their father."
800€
Yvonne de Gaulle (1900.1979)
Autographed letter signed to Yvonne Salmon.
Two quarto pages on blue paper. Receipt stamp of the Alliance Française.
No location. October 19 [1942]
"It so happens that my two eldest children had the idea of doing something together after the war, something about their father."
A very beautiful letter from the General's wife regarding the biography that Yvonne Salmon wishes to write about the leader of Free France.
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"Dear Miss, It is indeed a very good idea to make a book for schoolchildren, but I believe you will have to be content with summarizing what has already been published about the General, arranging it to suit your own ideas.
It so happens that my two eldest children (who are quite gifted writers) have the idea of doing something together after the war about their father. And since their memories only go back about 16-18 years, I jot down for them, as they come to mind, all the facts etc. that I myself knew, or that were told to me in my in-laws' family.
Finally, I know that after the war I will find the necessary photographs to illustrate everything. Please forgive my discretion; mothers only think of their children! And I want their "work" to be good! Please accept, dear Mademoiselle, the expression of my distinguished sentiments. Y. de Gaulle.
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Yvonne Salmon (1885-1965) published in 1943, in London, the first biography of the leader of Free France entitled "General de Gaulle", which was republished in Algiers in 1945 and in Paris in 2010.