Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

by Graham Robb

Book Overview

This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction, of the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten.

A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night Napoleon Bonaparte...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393339734
• ISBN13: 9780393339734
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"