Diane Ducret books - Femmes de Dictateur 1 & 2

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  1. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    BTW - Not sure if there is actually an English version of these available yet? But there might be soon.

    Mixed internet results (currently) often seem to just lead to pages that say "English edition" and but then in the small print explain that it is not available (I guess) yet.

    In the interview below she also says that it has been (thus far) translated into 23 languages, albeit English not (yet as of AUGUST 30, 2016) being among them. It sounds interesting though, and popular/best seller etc.

    Diane Ducret is a French writer and essayist and author of Femmes de Dictateur (Dictator’s Wives).
    Dictator’s Wives – Diane Ducret

    "From Lenin to Bokassa, Hitler to Salazar, how nine of the 20th century’s great dictators included their women in their game, and the results of their actions. A series of highly original and well-researched articles revealing what went on in behind the scenes in history, written in a simple and direct style that makes this acerbic study accessible to a wide public.

    They were called Nadia, Clara, Magda, Jiang Qing, Elena, Catherine, and Mira. Their last names were Lenin, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Salazar, Ceausescu, Bokassa, and Milosevic. Spouses, companions, muses, admirers, their common trait is that they were all in love and triumphant; all fooled, foiled and sacrificed, sometimes losing their lives in return for their loyalty. The men at the centre of their respective existences were cruel and tyrannical—these women made them feel that they were handsome, charming, omnipotent. Sex is a source of absolute power: dictators need their women to play a role in their struggle for domination.
    Diane Ducret reveals details of the encounters, seduction strategies, love relationships, the role played by politics, and the diverse and often tragic destinies of these women who crossed the paths, and ended up in bed with the world’s greatest dictators
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    Diane Ducret — Wikipédia

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