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Parisians
Graham Robb
Parisians
Graham Robb
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 map---there were no reliable ones at the time---Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Bohème, Proust, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt on himself in Notre Dame)---these and many more make up Robb's cast of characters. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel.
Media | Other N/A (Unknown format) |
Released | July 1, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9781615874675 |
Label | Tantor Audio Pa |
Dimensions | 133 × 184 × 20 mm · 350 g (Weight (estimated)) |
Language | English |
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