Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Parisians Parisians Graham Robb This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction, of the lives of the great, the near… OL15409576W
Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Allan Potofsky "Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which… OL15500860W
The heroic city The heroic city Rosemary Wakeman The Heroic City is a sparkling account of the fate of Paris's public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris's public land… OL2683494W
Is Paris Burning Is Paris Burning Dominique Lapierre,Larry Collins **Is Paris Burning?** Is a 1965 book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre telling the story of the Liberation of Paris during the Second World War. The book examines the military and political act… OL3421636W