The streets of Paris : a guide to the City of Light following in the footsteps of famous Parisians throughout history

Cahill, Susan, 1940- author.

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"From the author of Hidden Gardens of Paris, The Streets of Paris is Susan Cahill's wonderfully unique guide to present-day Paris following in the footsteps of famous Parisians through the last 800 years. For hundreds of years, the City of Light has set the stage for larger-than-life characters--from medieval lovers HéloÃ□se and Abelard to the defiant King Henri IV to the brilliant scientist Madame Curie, beloved chanteuse Edith Piaf, and the w...

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ISBN:

9781250074324
1250074320

Edition:

First edition

Description:

297 pages : color photographs ; 21 cm

Contents:

The scandalous love of Héloise and Abelard
Louis IX and the dark side of sainthood
Olympe de Gouges: Robespierre's victim
Henri IV's beautiful city
Honoré Daumier's human comedy
Going sane with Michel de Montaigne
The lonely passion on Marie Curie
Simone Weil: soul on fire
Benghabrit, Jews, and the Gestapo
Voltaire: dying intact
Albert Camus: conscience of his generation
Jean Moulin: hero of the resistance
Alberto Giacometti: what you see is what there is
Francis Poulenc's soul music
Colette: her garden of love
Fréderéc Chopin's fallen angel
Raising hell in Pigalle: François Truffaut's The 400 Blows
Patrick Modiano's missing persons
Reine Margot: legends and lies
Ninon de L'enclose: Voltaire's first courtesan
"Permission to die, mother?": Sister Constance and the dialogues of the Carmelites
Ãdith Piaf: the little sparrow

LCCN:

2017004300

Control Number:

2220507

Other Authors:

Ranoux, Marion, photographer

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