Paris - Biography of a City
by Colin Jones
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140282920
- ISBN 13
- 9780140282924
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Synopsis
From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth-century Impressionist painters, and much more. Jones’s masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxes—on the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instance—that complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and the Nazis to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. This is a thrilling companion for history buffs and backpack, or armchair, travelers alike.
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008837
- Title
- Paris - Biography of a City
- Author
- Colin Jones
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0140282920
- ISBN 13
- 9780140282924
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...