Sarkozy to release 216-page memoir on 20-day stay in prison
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to publish a memoir detailing his 20-day imprisonment, with the book scheduled for release one month after his prison sentence ended. Sarkozy, who served as France’s president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted in September for his involvement in a scheme to funnel millions of Euros from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi into his presidential campaign.He was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy.
Sarkozy began serving his sentence on October 21 but was released early on November 10 pending an appeal, under strict supervision. During his time in Paris’s La Santé prison,Sarkozy was kept separate from other inmates for his safety. Despite the monotonous and noisy habitat, he described prison as a place where inner life is strengthened.His memoir, titled *Nicolas Sarkozy, The Journal of a prisoner*, comprises 216 pages and was reportedly finished just 11 days after his release.Sarkozy is notably the first French head of state to be imprisoned since World War II’s Marshal Philippe Pétain.
Former French President Sarkozy to release memoir on 20-day prison stint
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is releasing a memoir of his brief 20-day stint in prison, set for publication exactly one month after his sentence concluded.
Sarkozy served as president from 2007 to 2012. His criminal conviction in September stemmed from around this time, with a French court finding him guilty of being involved in a scheme to funnel millions of Euros from Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi into his presidential campaign. He was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy on Sept. 25.
Sarkozy began his prison sentence on Oct. 21, but was released early on Nov. 10, pending an appeal, but under strict supervision.
The former French head of state is now looking to share his experiences with the world almost as soon as he left. His new book, Nicolas Sarkozy, The Journal of a Prisoner, is debuting in France on Dec. 10.
“In prison, there is nothing to see, and nothing to do. I forget the silence that does not exist at La Santé where there is much to hear. The noise there is alas constant. But like the desert, inner life strengthens in prison,” he was quoted as saying by the publisher Fayard.
Despite the seemingly boring premise, given the admitted lack of sights and activities, Sarkozy turned his experience into a 216-page memoir, coming to approximately 11 pages per day of captivity. Though the book will be published one month after he left Paris’s La Santé prison, the former president appears to have already finished the book just 11 days after leaving.
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Sarkozy earned the unenviable status as the first French head of state to be imprisoned since Marshal Philip Pétain, the leader of the Nazi collaborationist Vichy France in World War II.
Sarkozy was kept separate from the general prison population during his brief stay to ensure his safety. Videos from during his stay showed his neighbors shouting abuse at him through their windows, holding him responsible for Gaddafi’s death in 2011.
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