Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

Name: Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
SKU: 03795923

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3859644Parisians: An Adventure History of Parishttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/parisians-an-adventure-history-of-paris-9780393079289/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2610560/4f8bba94-e2af-4afe-ab78-1181b8ac127c.jpg?v=638384210424730000264367MXNW. W. Norton & CompanyInStock/Ebooks/The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgottenby the author of the acclaimed The Discovery of France.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 mapthere were no reliable ones at the timeMarie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine.Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Bohme, 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 Robbs 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. 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For want of a mapthere were no reliable ones at the timeMarie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine.Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Bohme, 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 Robbs 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.(*_*)9780393079289_The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgottenby the author of the acclaimed The Discovery of France.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 mapthere were no reliable ones at the timeMarie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine.Baudelaire, the photographer Marville, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Bohme, 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 Robbs 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....9780393079289_W. W. Norton & Companylibro_electonico_876216e4-54c5-40fc-a004-46c78c86c674_9780393079289;9780393079289_9780393079289Graham RobbInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/kobo/1a506b7e6faa3d31b1e5fa4b957b51b659a331b4.epub2011-04-11T00:00:00+00:00W. W. Norton & Company