Perhaps a sense of vindication accompanying the executive clemency signalled the time was right for the release of Amiel’s lengthy memoir. A series of adapted excerpts was recently published in Britain, not in the Daily Telegraph, which her husband once owned, but in the rival Daily Mail. Cherry picking excerpts rarely gives the measure of a book. Nonetheless, by cherry picking the picked cherries, here is some of what she says. Amiel holds grudges“For me — soon to be 80 — the only revenge would be to see our persecutors guillotined.

Source: National Post September 11, 2020 11:03 UTC