by Eric Zemmour · Fayard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213654508
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«Mélancolie française» is the history essay by Éric Zemmour, published by Fayard in paperback (251 pages, in French).
The essay reconstructs the idea of France as heir to Rome: its state, its language and its way of assimilating foreigners fed an imperial ambition. Zemmour reviews figures such as Louis XIV, Napoleon or Clemenceau and the obstacles that frustrated that project, and concludes that this imperial mechanism has broken and France is experiencing the fall of the empire.
Work originally published in 2010 by Fayard together with Denoël.
For readers interested in the history of France and in the political essay on national identity.
Éric Justin Léon Zemmour is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on Face à l'Info, a daily show broadcast on CNews, from 2019 to 2021. He ran in the 2022 French presidential election, in which he placed fourth in the first round.
