Chronicles of Old Paris : Exploring the Historic City of Light.
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Chronicles of Old Paris : Exploring the Historic City of Light.
Yazar:
Baxter, John.
ISBN:
9781938450051
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Seri:
Chronicles Series
İçerik:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- From the Author -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Losing Your Head. The Long Walk of Saint Denis -- Chapter 2. Latin Lovers. Héloïse and Abelard -- Chapter 3. Libertine. The Divine Marquis de Sade -- Chapter 4. Let Them Eat Cake. The Misunderstood Marie Antoinette -- Chapter 5. "Like A Breath On The Back of Your Neck" The Useful Invention of Dr. Guillotin -- Chapter 6. The General and His Lady. Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine -- Chapter 7. Passion's Playthings. George Sand and Frédéric Chopin -- Chapter 8. A Novel In Stone. Notre Dame and Her Guardian -- Chapter 9. A La Dame Aux Camélias. Marie Duplessis -- Chapter 10. The Devine Creator. The Eccentric Career of Félix Nadar -- Chapter 11. The Night They Ate Elephant. The Siege of Paris -- Chapter 12. Arise, You Wretched of The Earth. The Paris Commune -- Chapter 13. The Emperor of Chefs. Georges Auguste Escoffier -- Chapter 14. The Opéra Garnier. One Man's Glittering Vision -- Chapter 15. Man of Iron. The Tower of Gustave Eiffel -- Chapter 16. Montmartre and Toulouse-Lautrec. Aristocrat Untamed -- Chapter 17. A Touch of The Strange. Maurice Utrillo and the Painters of Montmartre -- Chapter 18. Elle Est Partie! The Theft of The Mona Lisa -- Chapter 19. The Cork-Lined Room. The Past Time of Marcel Proust -- Chapter 20. " Lafayette, We Are Here!" America and France in World War I -- Chapter 21. Shooting Into The Crowd. Surrealism -- Chapter 22. Coco Chanel. Little Black Dressmaker -- Chapter 23. The Importance of Being Ernest. Hemingway in Paris -- Chapter 24. The Sadness of St. Louis. Django Reinhardt and Le Jazz Hot -- Chapter 25. The Black Pearl. She Proved Black was Beautiful -- Chapter 26. General of the Army of the Night. Jean Moulin and The World War II Resistance -- Chapter 27. The Gone World. Paris and The Beat Generation.
Chapter 28. The New Wave. Truth 24 Times a Second -- Chapter 29. Beauty is in the Streets. The Student Revolution of 1968 -- Walking Tours -- Opéra and Grands Boulevards -- Pigalle -- Montmartre -- Latin Quarter & Notre Dame -- Saint-Germain-Des-Prés & Odéon -- The Luxembourg Gardens -- Montparnasse -- Eiffel Tower, Napoleon's Tomb and Rodin Museum -- Index -- Photo Credits -- About Museyon -- About the Author.
Özet:
Discover one of the world's most fascinating and beautiful cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of Paris. John Baxter takes readers through 2,000 years of French history with tales of the kings, queens, saints, and sinners who shaped the city. Essays explore the major historic events from the martyrdom of Saint Denis near today's Abbesses Métro station to the epic romances of Heloise and Abelard, Josephine and Napoleon, and George Sand and Frédéric Chopin. Learn about the labyrinth of catacombs snaking under all of Paris and the artists who called the seedy Montmartre home in the 19th century. Then see it all for yourself with guided walking tours of each of Paris's historic neighborhoods, illustrated with color photographs and period maps.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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