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Madame de Pompadour : images of a mistress

The Longman companion to the French Revolution

Provides clear and comprehensive factual information across the full range of the Revolutionary period (1787-99).

Paris : biography of a city

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 the present, recreating the ups and downs in the history of the city and its inhabitants. Attentive to both the urban environment and to the experience of those who lived within it, PARIS: A HISTORY will be hugely enjoyed by habitual Paris obsessives, by first-time visitors, and by those who know the city only by repute.