La diplomatie n’est pas un dîner de gala

French ambassador Claude Martin takes us through half a century of the history of China, Europe and France. A passionate, precise and richly detailed memoir, full of anecdotes and portraits, by a non-conformist diplomat who learned early that diplomacy ‘is not a gala dinner’ but a dialogue between peoples. A history book and a moving tribute to the Quai d’Orsay.