Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
of Graham Robb
Description
The secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgottenâby 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. 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. An aristocratic woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a mapâthere were no reliable ones at the timeâMarie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La BohĂšme, Proust, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt on himself in Notre Dame)ââthese and many more are Robbâs cast of characters. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel. 16 pages of illustrations.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton Company
- Publication Date April 26th 2010
- First Publication 01/05/10
- Language Not informed
- ISBN 9780393067248
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Paris (France)']
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