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.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140282924
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 24/10/2007
Año de edición: 2006
Plaza de edición: Madrid
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Escrito por Colin Jones
Colin Jones es profesor en la universidad de Queen Mary de Londres. Es un reconocido historiador británico experto en Francia, especializado en el siglo XVIII, la Revolución Francesa e historia de la medicina. Entre sus libros destacan The Medical World of Early Modern France (1997), The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (2002), Paris: Biography of a City (2004, galardonado con Enid MacLeod Prize) y The Smile Revolution: In Eighteenth-Century Paris (2014). Es fellow de la British Academy y Past President de la Royal Historical Society.