City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque - Brossura

Rapport, X Mike

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349128146 ISBN 13: 9780349128146

Casa editrice: The Bridge Street Press, 2025

Riassunto

For readers of Graham Robb and Simon Schama, this elegantly written, vivid chronicle of Paris during the Belle Epoque brings to life some of best-known characters and buildings of the era, and shows how closely the fears and anxieties of the early 19th century mirror our own today

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mike Rapport is a Reader in modern European history at the University of Glasgow and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of several books, including 1848: Year of Revolution. He lives in Stirling, Scotland.

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'Splendid,' Literary Review

Paris in the Belle Époque era (1870-1914) is remembered as a golden age. By day Parisians could admire the rising Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Coeur Basilica, while at night they roamed the Bohemian world of the Moulin Rouge.

But as Mike Rapport reveals in this beautifully written new history beneath the elegant veneer, the Belle Époque was also an era of social and religious unrest, arguments over women's emancipation and violent clashes over what it meant to be French.

Paris pulsated with pleasure and anxieties stemming from the giddying speed of modernity: blazing electric lights illuminating the night, the first cars speeding down the boulevards, as well as the first Métro trains and aeroplane flights. At the same time reactionary forces reasserted themselves-most dramatically in the infamous Dreyfus affair.

Mike Rapport weaves together stories of splendour and suffering, delight and agony, offering a brilliant account of the shadows cast across the City of Light.

'A fascinating, multi-layered panorama of the evolution of the French capital' ― Jonathan Fenby, author of The History of Modern France

'City of Light, City of Shadows had me spellbound' ― Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Bridge Street Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0349128146
• ISBN 13: 9780349128146
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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