Bibliograph

Parisians, an adventure history of Paris, Graham Robb

Type

Label

Parisians, an adventure history of Paris, Graham Robb

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-[462]) and indexes

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Parisians

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

449865284

Responsibility statement

Graham Robb

Sub title

an adventure history of Paris

Summary

Napoleon Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Charles de Gaulle--these and many more are Robb's cast of characters in a series of stories about the Paris you never knew

Table Of Contents

Departure -- One night at the Palais-Royal -- The man who saved Paris -- Lost -- Restoration -- Files of the Sûreté -- A property in Bohemia -- Marville -- Regression -- Madame Zola -- Marcel in the Métro -- The Notre-Dame equation -- A little tour of Paris -- Occupation -- Lovers of Saint-Germain-des-Prés -- The day of the fox -- Expanding the domain of the possible -- Périphérique -- Sarko, Bouna and Zyed -- Terminus : the North Col

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