by Alain Decaux · Librairie Académique Perrin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782262050986
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«Fabuleux destins» is a historical essay by Alain Decaux, published by Librairie Académique Perrin in paperback (384 pages, in French).
The book brings together nine biographies of figures who shaped world history: Cesare Borgia, Winston Churchill, Gandhi and the last Romanovs. It also includes enigmatic deaths, such as those of Louis Renault and Stavisky, the organisation of the Cagoulards and the attempt to avert the Second World War. Alain Decaux condenses here twenty years of research linked to his well-known television programmes.
The subtitle of the volume is «Neuf vies d'exception qui ont marqué l'histoire du monde». The French edition from Perrin, revised by the author, was published in June 2015.
For readers interested in general history and accessible biographies of famous figures.
Alain Decaux was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.
