Carousels of Paris

A charming collection of color photographs and historical information about many of the carousels in Paris. Carousels...
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Author: Kaye Wilkinson Barley
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Language: English
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Carousels of Paris by Barley, Kaye Wilkinson

Carousels of Paris

$79.31

Carousels of Paris

$79.31
Author: Kaye Wilkinson Barley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A charming collection of color photographs and historical information about many of the carousels in Paris.



Carousels are said to be a French invention brought about by the accidental death of King Henri II during a jousting tournament in 1559. Renaissance knights stopped jousting, and the games evolved into spearing rings with their lances. The idea of mounting wooden horses on a rotating frame dates to the 17th century. To entertain thousands of people during an event at Versailles, the Sun King, Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715, had his engineers design the first rotating merry-go-round, a four-seater with gilded chairs for ladies and horses or swans for the men. By the end of the 18th century, there were merry-go-rounds in several of the Parisian public gardens. In the wake of the French Revolution, the merry-go-round, like other sorts of entertainment previously enjoyed by aristocrats, became more easily accessible to workers and their families.


This charming book presents photographs of carousels in Paris with fascinating tidbits of information, and is an invaluable resource for anyone planning to travel to Paris or wanting to relive fond memories or fantasies of being in the City of Lights.



Author: Kaye Wilkinson Barley, Don Barley
Publisher: House of Annabelle
Published: 10/28/2020
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780578795195

About the Author
Barley, Kaye Wilkinson: - Kaye Wilkinson Barley is the author of Whimsey: A Novel, is a past finalist in a Southern Writers Magazine Short Story contest, and has contributed to several anthologies, including the Anthony winning Blood on the Bayou. Her photography has been published in The North Carolina Literary Review. She and her husband, Don Barley, collaborated to produce was My Name is Harley and This Is My Story, a photobook published in 2014, a look at the life of a Corgi named Harley Doodle Barley, born on the 4th of July.

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