Publisher's Synopsis
Segolene Royal is France's first key female politician. This book puts her in the context of the France she grew up in and the France in which she now operates as a politician. It covers: - her early life - her start in politics - her career as a deputy and a minister - her relationship with Francois Mitterand - her defeat of her more famous rivals in a male orientated party for the right to be the candidate - the beginning of the campaign
