It hasn’t been published yet, it’s not even finished, but Reconciliationthe book of memories on which King Juan Carlos works, It is, without a doubt, the event of the new literary season. He stir that the news of its publication caused in both France and Spain demonstrates the great expectation that raises its content and the revelations that could include.
But readers passionate about royal stories will still have to wait to satisfy their curiosity. According to her, she has confirmed, in the first place, to HELLO! the historian and biographer of the king emeritus, Laurence DebrayDon Juan Carlos continues immersed in writing his memoirs. “It’s about a long-term projectwhich has lasted for two years and is not finished yet. It will be finished and published when the king decides.”
© COURTESYA book that “will be published in French and Spanish”, as he tells us, and in which, over more than 500 pages, King Juan Carlos will look backand He will tell in first person the most significant events of his lifefrom his childhood in Rome to his current exile in Abu Dhabi. His biographical account will be accompanied by a series of photographs, some unpublished.
Speculation surrounding the departure of Reconciliation They began to circulate when the French publisher Stock included the book in the list of its upcoming publications. Before removing it, hastily. According to the gala magazine Point de Vuewho was able to access the presentation note of these memoirs, the king emeritus justifies his colossal literary project in the preamble: “My father always advised me not to write memoirs. Kings do not make confidences. And less publicly. His secrets remain buried in the shadows of his palaces. Why would I disobey him today? Why have I finally changed my mind? “I have the feeling that my story is being stolen from me.”
© GtresA situation that she has decided to remedy, with the collaboration of Laurence Debray, her official biographer since the publication of the book in 2014. Juan Carlos of Spain. The French-Venezuelan writer is also the author of the documentary I, Juan Carlos I, King of Spain and from the book my fallen kingpublished by the Debate publishing house, a work with more introspective and personal aspects about the figure and legacy of the father of Felipe VI. Recently installed in our country, A Parisian in Madrid writes the chronicle in ¡HOLA! MADRID.
