Seven ages of Paris / Alistair Horne.
Horne, Alistair.
2002
DC707 .H74 2002 (Mapit)
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Title Seven ages of Paris / Alistair Horne.
Author Horne, Alistair.
Edition 1st American ed.
ISBN 0679454810
0333725778 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2002.
Language English
Description xvii, 458 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number DC707 .H74 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 944/.361
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-436) and index.
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Foreword by Maurice Druon
Preface
Note on money
Introduction : From Caesar to Abelard
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 Regime
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 ; Annee 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 Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

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