Paris, city of dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris 9781538121283, 9781538121290, 153812128X

Paris Dreams, Paris Memories: The City and Its Mystique 9780804777513

A clear-eyed exploration of the world's most glamorous city as a historical composite of several different Parises,

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Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris 9780691196732, 0691196737

In the two decades between 1850 and 1870 Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann, created the modern

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Paris: The ‘New Rome’ of Napoleon I 9781472593085, 9781441135186

Napoleon I employed a myriad of media through which to promote his propaganda and his universal hegemony. Classical Rome

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Fashioning the City: Paris, Fashion and the Media 9780755697342, 9781845118976

While much attention has been paid to the making of Paris in the work of writers and artists, little is known about the

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The Parlement of Paris 9780750918305

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Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London and the Birth of the Modern City 161902263X, 9781619022638

Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750–1914, when they vied to

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Cereal City Guide: Paris 9781683353409, 9781419732874

The acclaimed travel and style magazine presents a curated portrait of Paris for visitors with a passion for culture, de

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How Paris Became Paris 9781620401132

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Paris: City Guide [7th Edition] 0383798000

From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy an

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City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris 9780393239782, 0393239780

“A fierce tale of conspiracy and retribution… Thanks to Tucker’s sympathetic necromancy and her luscious resurrection of

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