{"id":2513220,"date":"2025-11-21T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarkozy-to-release-216-page-memoir-on-20-day-stay-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:59:33","slug":"sarkozy-to-release-216-page-memoir-on-20-day-stay-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarkozy-to-release-216-page-memoir-on-20-day-stay-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkozy to release 216-page memoir on 20-day stay in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsarkozy-to-release-216-page-memoir-on-20-day-stay-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-wrongfully-convicted-of-raping-the-lovely-bones-author-is-suing-new-york-for-50-million\/\" title=\"Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Raping \u2018The Lovely Bones\u2019 Author Is Suing New York For  Million\">prison sentence ended<\/a>. Sarkozy, who served as France&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s La Sant\u00e9 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&#8217;s Marshal Philippe P\u00e9tain.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former French President Sarkozy to release memoir on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-french-president-sarkozy-to-be-released-from-prison\/\" title=\"Ex-... to be ...d from ...\">20-day prison stint<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2237454\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\">French<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-sarkozy\/\">Nicolas Sarkozy<\/a> is releasing a memoir of his brief 20-day stint in prison, set for publication exactly one month after his sentence concluded.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3894856\/zelensky-ukraine-pressure-accept-deal-risk-losing-us-support\/\">Zelensky says Ukraine faces &#8216;most intense&#8217; pressure to accept deal or risk losing US support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3894736\/iran-ends-cooperation-un-watchdog-iaea-nuclear-inspections\/\">Iran ends cooperation with UN watchdog IAEA seeking nuclear inspections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3893551\/ukraine-optimistic-us-proposed-plan-peace-territorial-concessions\/\">Ukraine optimistic about US-proposed plan for peace despite territorial concessions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sarkozy began his prison sentence on Oct. 21, but was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3880940\/ex-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-granted-release-from-prison\/\">released early<\/a> on Nov. 10, pending an appeal, but under strict supervision.<\/p>\n<p>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, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EditionsFayard\/status\/1991845936968986743?s=20\"><em>Nicolas Sarkozy, The Journal of a Prisoner<\/em><\/a>, is debuting in France on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In prison, there is nothing to see, and nothing to do. I forget the silence that does not exist at La Sant&eacute; where there is much to hear. The noise there is alas constant. But like the desert, inner life strengthens in prison,&rdquo; he was quoted as saying by the publisher Fayard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">&laquo;&nbsp;En prison, il n&rsquo;y a rien &agrave; voir, et rien &agrave; faire. J&rsquo;oublie le silence qui n&rsquo;existe pas &agrave; la Sant&eacute; o&ugrave; il y a beaucoup &agrave; entendre. Le bruit y est h&eacute;las constant. Mais &agrave; l&rsquo;image du d&eacute;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sert la vie int&#038;eacute<\/a>;rieure se fortifie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ... Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">en prison<\/a>.&nbsp;&raquo; Nicolas Sarkozy, Le journal d&rsquo;un prisonnier.&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QC7mkPfYIn\">pic.twitter.com\/QC7mkPfYIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fayard (@EditionsFayard) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EditionsFayard\/status\/1991845936968986743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>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&rsquo;s La Sant&eacute; prison, the former president appears to have already finished the book just 11 days after leaving.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3880940\/ex-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-granted-release-from-prison\/\">EX-FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY GRANTED RELEASE FROM PRISON IN PARIS COURT RULING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarkozy earned the unenviable status as the first French head of state to be imprisoned since Marshal Philip P&eacute;tain, the leader of the Nazi collaborationist Vichy France in World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkozy was kept separate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-allegedly-slipped-meth-to-inmate-via-a-kiss-but-he-overdosed-and-now-shes-facing-murder-charges\/\" title=\"Woman Allegedly Slipped Meth To Inmate Via A Kiss \u2014 But He Overdosed, And Now She\u2019s Facing Murder Charges\">general prison population<\/a> during his brief stay to ensure his safety. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DD_Geopolitics\/status\/1981084391230333171?s=20\">Videos from during his stay<\/a> showed his neighbors shouting abuse at him through their windows, holding him responsible for Gaddafi&rsquo;s death in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarkozy to publish memoir on 20-day prison stay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2513221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25294284176473.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[67486,13028,32603,3891,66789],"class_list":["post-2513220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-autobiography","tag-memoir","tag-political-news","tag-prison","tag-sarkozy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25294284176473.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513224,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513220\/revisions\/2513224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}