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100 1 $aHorne, Alistair,$d1925-
245 10 $aSeven ages of Paris /$cAlistair Horne.
260 $aLondon :$bPan,$c2002.
300 $axxi, 520 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), color coat of arms, maps, portraits (some color) ;$c20 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 479-488 and index).
505 0 $aForeword by Maurice Druon -- Preface -- Note on money -- Introduction : From Caesar to Abélard -- Age One 1180-1314 : Philippe Auguste. Sunday at Bouvines ; Capital city ; Templars' curse -- Age two 1314-1643 : Henri IV. Besieged ; Worth a mass ; Regicide, regent and Richelieu -- Age three 1643-1795 : Louis XIV. Move to Versailles ; Building boom ; Death of the Ancien Régime -- Age four 1795-1815 : Napoleon. Empire and reform ; Most beautiful city that could ever exist ; Downfall of an empire -- Age five 1815-1871 : Commune. Constitutional monarchy and revolt ; Second empire ; Année terrible -- Age six 1871-1940 : Treaty of Versailles. Belle Epoque ; Great War ; Phoney peace -- Age seven 1940-1969 : De Gaulle. Occupation ; I was France ; Jours de Mai -- Epilogue : Death in Paris -- the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
520 8 $aThis volume takes the history of Paris and breaks it down into seven distinct ages, with a foreward taking in Julius Caesar to Philip-Augustus, an epilogue taking in France since 1968 and all the history in between. The author interweaves historical narrative with social and cultural history.
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