Bedford Public Library

Paris, biography of a city, Colin Jones

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-524) and index

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non fiction

Paris

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Colin Jones

biography of a city

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