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Paris: Biography of a City
Colin Jones
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Description for Paris: Biography of a City
Hardcover. Very good copy in fine dustwrapper.First edition
In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The focal point of generation upon generation of admirers and detractors, a source of attraction or repulsion even for those who have never been there, Paris has witnessed more extraordinary events than any other major city. No spot on earth has been more walked around, written about, discussed, painted and photographed. With an eye for the revealing, startling and (sometimes) horrible detail, Colin Jones takes the reader from Roman Paris to ... Read more
In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The focal point of generation upon generation of admirers and detractors, a source of attraction or repulsion even for those who have never been there, Paris has witnessed more extraordinary events than any other major city. No spot on earth has been more walked around, written about, discussed, painted and photographed. With an eye for the revealing, startling and (sometimes) horrible detail, Colin Jones takes the reader from Roman Paris to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Allen Lane
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713993219
SKU
KEX0303405
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Ref
99-1
About Colin Jones
Colin Jones is Professor of History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of The Great Nation (Allen Lane) and The Cambridge Illustrated History of France.
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