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Seven Ages of Paris

Seven Ages of Paris

Author(s): Alistair Horne

Location(s): France

Genre(s): Historical

Era(s): 1300s to Modern

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In this wonderfully readable book, Alistair Horne tells the huge and romantic story of Paris through seven ages of turmoil and change: the Middle Ages, the 100 years war, the Paris of Louis XIV, the age of Napoleon, the Commune, the Empire days of Louis-Napoleon and Eugenie, and the First World War and De Gaulle. Interweaving historical narrative with telling detail, this is a fluent and definitive work of social and cultural history.

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‘Provides not only a panorama of the capital, but also a well-crafted history of France with a nice balance between broad overviews and engaging episodes and details’ Jonathan Fenby, The Times

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