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Hermes in Paris Hardback - 2001

by Peter Vansittart

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Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, likes to return to Earth now and again. He chooses to do so in Paris at the time of Napoleon III, a time of great frivolity and instability. Here he decides to play the most explosive practical joke in the world's history.Hermes--God, trickster and mischief-maker--is also the protector of shepherds, travelers' guide, conductor of souls to the underworld, messenger of Zeus, bringer of good luck, and patron of orators, writers, athletes, merchants, and thieves. To indulge his curiosity he visits Earth from time to time looking for opportunities to play practical jokes and stir up the population. He chooses to holiday in Paris at the time of the brilliant but unstable court of Napoleon III--another opportunist, conspiratorial and outwardly amiable--and the beautiful, nervy Empress Eugenie. Hermes finds much to provoke his laughter--and such laughter is dangerous. Under his influence France enjoys a succession of illusions involving the highest in the land, the comfortable middle classes, and the journalists, poets, and intellectuals of Left Bank cafes, and everything flows inexorably towards the most explosive joke that Hermes can devise.

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  • Title Hermes in Paris
  • Author Peter Vansittart
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peter Owen Publishers, London
  • Publication date May 2001
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9780720611069 / 0720611067
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.71 x 0.9 in (22.35 x 14.50 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Category Fiction - Fantasy
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001334120
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2001, Page 288
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/19/2001, Page 78

About the author

Peter Vansittart was the author of 29 books including his autobiographical work, Paths from a White Horse. In 1969 he won the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship, and in 1981 he was one of six recipients of the first Writers' Bursaries awarded by the Arts Council. He was also a recipient of an O.B.E. for services to literature and his mastery of historical fiction.

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