| Description |
287 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Museyon guides |
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Museyon guides.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Author from cover and title page verso. |
| Summary |
"Discover one of the world s most fascinating and beautiful cities through 29 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of Paris. From the headless walk of Saint Denis to the seances of the Surrealists, experience 2,000 years of history as John Baxter leads 8 walking tours following in the footsteps of Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ernest Hemingway and many other innovators, artists and expats who found inspiration in the City of Light."--Container. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Losing Your Head. The Long Walk of Saint Denis -- ch. 2 Latin Lovers. Heloise and Abelard -- ch. 3 Libertine. The Divine Marquis de Sade -- ch. 4 Let Them Eat Cake. The Misunderstood Marie Antoinette -- ch. 5 "Like A Breath On The Back of Your Neck" The Useful Invention of Dr. Guillotin -- ch. 6 The General and His Lady. Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine -- ch. 7 Passion's Playthings. George Sand and Frederic Chopin -- ch. 8 A Novel In Stone. Notre Dame and Her Guardian -- ch. 9 A La Dame Aux Camelias. Marie Duplessis -- ch. 10 The Devine Creator. The Eccentric Career of Felix Nadar -- ch. 11 The Night They Ate Elephant. The Siege of Paris -- ch. 12 Arise, You Wretched of The Earth. The Paris Commune -- ch. 13 The Emperor of Chefs. Georges Auguste Escoffier -- ch. 14 The Opera Garier. One Man's Glittering Vision -- ch. 15 Man of Iron. The Tower of Gustave Eiffel -- ch. 16 Montmartre and Toulouse-Lautrec. Aristocrat Untamed. |
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Contents note continued: ch. 17 A Touch of The Strange. Maurice Utrillo and the Painters of Montmartre -- ch. 18 Elle Est Partie! The Theft of The Mona Lisa -- ch. 19 The Cork-Lined Room. The Past Time of Marcel Proust -- ch. 20 "Lafayette, We Are Here!" America and France in World War I -- ch. 21 Shooting Into The Crowd. Surrealism -- ch. 22 Coco Chanel. Little Black Dressmaker -- ch. 23 The Importance of Being Ernest, Hemingway in Paris -- ch. 24 The Sadness of St. Louis. Django Reinhardt and Le Jazz Hot -- ch. 25 The Black Pearl. She Proved Black was Beautiful -- ch. 26 General of the Army of the Night. Jean Moulin and The World War II Resistance -- ch. 27 The Gone World. Paris and The Beat Generation -- ch. 28 The New Wave. Truth 24 Times a Second -- ch. 29 Beauty is in the Streets. The Student Revolution of 1968 -- Walking Tours -- Opera and Grands Boulevards -- Pigalle -- Montmartre -- Latin Quarter & Notre Dame -- Saint-Germain-Des-Pres & Odeon -- The Luxembourg Gardens. |
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Contents note continued: Montparnasse -- Eiffel Tower, Napoleon's Tomb and Rodin Museum. |
| Subject |
Paris (France) -- History.
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Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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France -- Paris.
(OCoLC)fst01205283
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780984633425 (pbk.) |
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0984633421 (pbk.) |
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