Pascal Couchepin's reading: «Splendor and infamy».»

Le Regard Libre N° 83 - Pascal Couchepin

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. Current affairs, history, politics and philosophy: former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin's readings.

The life of Winston Spencer Churchill has, no doubt, spawned many biographical or biographically oriented works. More than a thousand, it is estimated. Chief among them is Sir Martin Gilbert's «official» biography, which comprises 8 volumes and 50,000 pages of documents.

Since their publication in the 1960s, other authors, based on new testimonies or unpublished documents, have tackled other aspects of the giant that was Churchill. Since 2020, Andrew Roberts' monumental biography (over a thousand pages) has been available in French. It has become