City of Light, City of Shadows
Book description
Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The time between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914 saw the modern French capital take shape: by day Parisians could admire the rising Eiffel Tower and Sacre-Coeur Basilica, while…
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1 author picked City of Light, City of Shadows as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Mike Rapport demonstrates historical writing at its best: a deep erudition across the politics, culture and society of a fascinating period, conveyed with an engaging style. These were decades of violence and civil conflict, brilliance and innovation, family fortunes and raw poverty. It was not the Belle Époque for everybody!
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