Paris: A Short History [Hardcover]

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. As a Parisianwhose family lived there for more than a centuryand as an historian, I can only be impressed by how Jeremy Black managed to grasp the Spirit of Paris, not only in its glorious past, but also in the recent years, with [its] complex challenges. Clearly erudite& punctuated by wonderful old maps and inserts& useful and entertaining& A well-informed&portrait of Paris colorful history. The growth and evolution of Paris from Roman times to the 2024 Olympics . . . includes many lively anecdotes, short essays, historical maps, and colored illustrations . . . The author's expertise in 18th-century history makes the chapters on the 1789 French Revolution, the Napoleonic era, and the early 19th century the most vibrant in the book.