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And now that I've finished it, my opinion hasn't changed a bit.
I really enjoyed this book. The opening plot on de Gaulle's life is based on historical fact, and the many details around the OAS and French security forces read as both believable and accurate to this monoglot, English-speaking Canadian. And what makes this book so compelling for me is that level of detail. I was totally engrossed and sucked in, and was never quite sure as I was reading it exactly how much was based on historical fact, and how much completely made up. There were at least 6 attempts on de Gaulle's life, of which the opening scene of this book was the most serious, and the one that came closest to succeeding. But the plot with a paid assassin described in the book is fiction. But I could well believe it to have been true. My thanks to din155 for this nomination!
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