Word: martet
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Those who prefer anecdotes have only to buy Clémenceau,? the new biography by his onetime secretary Jean Martet, which was included last week in the list of U.S. non-fiction best sellers. But minds strong enough to enjoy a draught of Clémenceau, grim, tremendous, stern and undiluted, will prefer Grandeur et Misere to anecdotes...
Secretary Martet once objected to Clémenceau that the Master's books seem to be written for himself rather than for humanity. "I agree," growled Le Tigre with satisfaction. He added sarcastically, "What a shame that I don't have three or four more years to live?I might have rewritten those books for my cook...
...JEAN MARTET...