| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (840 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Simon Vance. |
| Summary |
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.A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night, Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. An aristocratic woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map-there were no reliable ones at the time-Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Bohème, Proust, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt on himself in Notre Dame)-these and many more make up Robb's cast of characters. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Paris (France) -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Paris (France) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Vance, Simon.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400197101 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400197104 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10756013 |
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