"Historians and the intimate, that's two,"
wrote Virginie Bloch-Lainé in a recent portrait of Pierre Nora.
However, in recent years, fashion has taken hold in academia to leave its Memoirs.
With more or less happiness.
Because some historians don't have much to say.
The late Renaud Matignon had put the laughers on his side by titling an article on the somewhat rancid memories of a famous academic: "The Henri II buffet".
Fortunately, in a few cases, the story goes beyond the professional route and expresses an era.
Mona Ozouf had moved her audience with her Breton youth.
Jean-Noël Jeanneney paints a remarkable portrait of the General's France in his Memoirs.
It is the same with the
Ancient Days
of Michel Winock which can be read as the
Bildungsroman
of a young Catholic of the left, coming from a modest background.
We find ourselves immersed in a French family typical of the post-war years.
The father comes from the North, he is a believer and
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