Royal says her clothes drew more attention than her policies
The losing candidate in May's French presidential election, Segolene Royal, has accused her own Socialist Party of betrayal and vowed to run again.
In a newly published book, Ms Royal also refers to her acrimonious split from her partner and current Socialist leader, Francois Hollande.
She writes about the need to overhaul the party by reuniting forces of the centre and the left.
Ms Royal has been little seen in public since her defeat by Nicolas Sarkozy.
In her book "My most beautiful story is you", out on Tuesday, Ms Royal says both the Socialists and Mr Hollande let her down during the campaign.
"The candidate did not find a shoulder to lean on, to let go, to cry when things were tough, or to laugh in joyful times," she writes.
"I was caught in a pincer movement between apparatchiks from my own party on one side, and the right on the other. How is it that the attacks came more from the left than from the right?
"To win another time, the support of a whole party and of a loving partner, who are fully with the candidate, are needed."
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