Paperback. Paris. Paris, in many people's thoughts, is the epitome of the perfect city - beautiful, romantic and imbued with vitality and culture. it is a wonderful place to visit and to live. A 'pride of place' mentality has characterside Parisians for century: 'To be in Oaris, is to be' enthused an anonymous correspondence as early as 1323. Packed with fact, anecdote and insight, this book offers a complete history of the city and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as a Roman village with a few hundred inhabitants, to 20 centuries later when Paris is a city of well over 2 million, at the centre of a conurbation that exceeds 12 million - nearly one-fifth of the population of France. This handy paperback is fully indexed and there is a chronology of major events, a section on Notre-Dame and historic churches, Modernism, Paris parks, cemetries, museums and galleries, the Metro and the environs. Illustrated with line drawings and historical maps this will enrich every visitor's stay. Illustrations. 308 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Titel

A Traveller's History. Paris

Verlag

Windrush, Great Britain

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

1900624397

ISBN-13

9781900624398

Einband

Soft cover

Illustrator

John Hoste

Auflage

3rd Edition

Zustand

Very Good

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This guide to Paris offers a complete history of the city and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as Roman "Lutetia Parisiorum" with a few hundred inhabitants, to the metropolis of 20 centuries later, at the centre of a conurbation with a population exceeding twelve millions. The book includes a chronology of major events in the history of the city, and sections on: Notre Dame and other Paris churches; the parks of Paris; and bridges, cemeteries, museums, the Metro and the suburbs.

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Professor Robert Cole is Professor of Modern British and European History at Utah State University in America and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has lectured at British colleges and universities.

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