Paris : biography of a city / Colin Jones
2006, 1st edition. New York: Viking. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #473619
ISBN: 0670033936
Physical description: xxvii, 642 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Contents: Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000) -- Queen of Cities -- The City Adrift -- Paris Reborn, Paris Reformed -- Grand Siecle, Great Eclipse -- The Kingless Capital of Enlightenment -- Revolution and Empire -- Between Napoleons -- Haussmannism and the City of Modernity -- The Anxious Spectacle -- Faded Dreams, Lost Illusions -- The Remaking of Paris. Subjects: Paris (France) - History. Paris (France) - Social conditions. Paris (France) - Civilization.
Price: €18.95