He was a traveller and explorer extraordinaire. He led a car trek in 1950–52 from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska and, in 1954, a French research expedition to the land of the Incas. He was also a prolific author and commentator.
He was philosophically a Catholic traditionalist, whose novels were written in explicit opposition to both Liberalism and Communism.
Despite his literary stature, he was denied membership in the French Academy in 2000.
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Louis de Bourbon, Duc d’Anjou, Legitimate heir to the throne of France, writes:
C’est avec une grande émotion que j’apprends le rappel à Dieu de Jean Raspail. Fidèle jusqu’au bout à l’Eglise et à la France.
Sa personnalité et son panache nous manqueront.
Que le Père éternel le reçoive auprès de lui et qu’il rejoigne tous les preux qui ont contribué à la gloire et à l’honneur de notre chère Patrie.
Translated:
It is with deep emotion that I learn that Jean Raspail has been called to God.. Faithful to the end to the Church and to France.
We will miss his personality and panache.
May the eternal Father receive him and unite him with all the brave who have contributed to the glory and honor of our dear fatherland.
Le Camp des Saints was published in 1973 and has appeared in numerous foreign language editions. It had sold over 500,000 by 2006.
A million immigrants from India arrive in rusting ships off the coast of the south of France. They are poor and starving, searching for relief from their misery. How will France react? The government? The political parties? The ordinary people?
To be continued.
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