Jean-Bedel Bokassa was president and then emperor of the Central African Republic.. He remains famous throughout the world. Jean-Barthelemy, his first grandson, shares for the first time his testimony of this family saga, which is just as exceptional as it is unknown.
His mother, Martine, escapes from her native Vietnam to Bangui where she finds an unknown but famous father. She discovers with stupor that an impostor already occupies her place within her father’s palace… The author describes events without concession, the austerity of the presidential court, the failed coups d’etats, the coronation of his grandfather, the putsch of the Giscardien Elysée and tells the secrets of the famous diamonds affair.
As the reader turns the pages, the intimate story of a family unfolds; a story that puts Martine and her children up against tremendous acts of bravery. Jean-Barthelemy Bokassa shows us how he manages to get through life in a world where his name is his only legacy.
Jean-Barthélémy Bokassa (working to Diamands of Treason in Paris - 2007)

















I am an young Brazilian Historian and I intend to publish a book on the Royalty world-wide.
I am writing to you because I would like to ask you some material about the present-day Imperial Family.
All material you can send me will be the very best(books,booklets,leaflets).
P.S.
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Rédigé par : Antonio Aprigio Pereira | 30 juin 2007 à 04:07