an adventure history of Paris Robb, Graham 1958- creator text bibliography biography nyu New York, NY W.W. Norton & Co. c2010 2010 1st ed. monographic eng

print

xi, 475 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm. 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. Departure -- One night at the Palais-Royal -- The man who saved Paris -- Lost -- Restoration -- Files of the Sãuretâe -- A property in Bohemia -- Marville -- Regression -- Madame Zola -- Marcel in the Mâetro -- The Notre-Dame equation -- A little tour of Paris -- Occupation -- Lovers of Saint-Germain-des-Prâes -- The day of the fox -- Expanding the domain of the possible -- Pâeriphâerique -- Sarko, Bouna and Zyed -- Terminus : the North Col. Graham Robb. Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-[462]) and indexes. e-fr--- Paris (France) History Anecdotes Paris (France) Biography Anecdotes DC723 .R63 2010 944/.361 9780393067248 (hardcover) 0393067246 (hardcover) 2009054279 DLC 100108 20230410105220.0 96255