The story of Chevalier's extraordinary life and career a career which was, in effect, a marriage with his beloved public, and one which endured almost seventy years Like a good wine he matured with age, becoming to his many admirers 'Le grandpere eternel' In a book that does true justice to Chevalier's memory twenty years after his death, is revealed the real man as seen by those closest to him, warm and caring, generous to a fault, and one of the most professional artistes of his generation