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Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled...
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This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction, of the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten.
A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. A well-dressed woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map--there were no reliable ones at the time--Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine.
Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Adolf Hitler touring the occupied capital in the company of his generals, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt in Notre Dame)--these and many more are Robb's cast of characters, and the settings range from the quarries and catacombs beneath the streets to the grand monuments to the appalling suburbs ringing the city today. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel.
Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/26/2010
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.87lbs
Size: 10.14h x 5.78w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393067248
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/01/2010 pg. 46
Library Journal 03/15/2010 pg. 112
Booklist 04/15/2010 pg. 22
New York Times Book Review 05/02/2010 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 05/09/2010 pg. 22
New Yorker (The) 05/24/2010 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 12/23/2010 pg. 54
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/05/2010 pg. 30
About the Author
Robb, Graham: - Graham Robb is the author of three prize-winning biographies, each selected as New York Times Best Books. His most recent works, The Discovery of Middle Earth, Parisians, and The Discovery of France have earned several awards. He lives on the Anglo-Scottish border.
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A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. A well-dressed woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map--there were no reliable ones at the time--Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine.
Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Adolf Hitler touring the occupied capital in the company of his generals, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt in Notre Dame)--these and many more are Robb's cast of characters, and the settings range from the quarries and catacombs beneath the streets to the grand monuments to the appalling suburbs ringing the city today. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel.
Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/26/2010
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.87lbs
Size: 10.14h x 5.78w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393067248
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/01/2010 pg. 46
Library Journal 03/15/2010 pg. 112
Booklist 04/15/2010 pg. 22
New York Times Book Review 05/02/2010 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 05/09/2010 pg. 22
New Yorker (The) 05/24/2010 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 12/23/2010 pg. 54
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/05/2010 pg. 30
About the Author
Robb, Graham: - Graham Robb is the author of three prize-winning biographies, each selected as New York Times Best Books. His most recent works, The Discovery of Middle Earth, Parisians, and The Discovery of France have earned several awards. He lives on the Anglo-Scottish border.
This title is only available via back order
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