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City of light, city of shadows : Paris in the Belle Epoque
Rapport, Michael2025
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Place reservation for City of light, city of shadows : Paris in the Belle EpoqueParis in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The time between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914 saw the modern French capital take shape: by day Parisians could admire the rising Eiffel Tower and Sacre-Coeur Basilica, while at night they roamed the Bohemian world of the Moulin Rouge. But as Mike Rapport reveals in this authoritative and beautifully written new history beneath its elegant veneer Paris was at war with itself. The Belle Epoque was also an era of social and religious unrest, women's emancipation and violent clashes over what it meant to be French. Told through the eyes of the greatest personalities of the age, the book weaves together stories of splendour and suffering, delight and agony, offering a brilliant account of the shadows cast across the City of Light.
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City of light, city of shadows : Paris in the Belle Epoque / Mike Rapport.
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Imprint:
London : The Bridge Street Press, 2025.London : The Bridge Street Press, 2025.
Collation:
448 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780349128146 (pbk)
Dewey class:
944.36
Language:
English
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BRN:
3032627
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