City of Light: The Landmark Library
Autor Rupert Christiansenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mar 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781838932084
ISBN-10: 1838932089
Pagini: 184
Ilustrații: 40 integrated colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 200 x 192 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Seria The Landmark Library
ISBN-10: 1838932089
Pagini: 184
Ilustrații: 40 integrated colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 200 x 192 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Seria The Landmark Library
Notă biografică
Rupert
Christiansenhas
been
writing
about
the
arts
for
theDaily
Telegraphsince
1996.
His
many
books
includePrima
Donna,Paris
Babylon,
andRomantic
Affinities,
which
received
the
Somerset
Maugham
Award.
A
fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature
since
1997,
he
teaches
at
Keble
College,
Oxford
and
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
"The
demolition
and
rebuilding
of
Paris
during
the
Second
Empire
was,
then
as
now,
a
subject
of
impassioned
disagreement....
[An]
astute,
gossipy
history."—New
Yorker
"Highly readable... Christiansen grounds Haussmann's story in the political turmoil of the times."—Wall Street Journal
"Witty, learned and informative...This little book will make you want to walk the expansive elegance of Paris, as well as its back streets, from one end to the other, seeking of French history in the sites it brings so vividly to life."—New York Times Book Review
"If you are heading for Paris...be sure to putCity of Lightin your bag...Rupert Christiansen's account of the destruction and rebuilding [of Paris] is masterly-vivid, dramatic...and ultimately tragic."—Sunday Times(UK)
"Good reading for all lovers of the City of Light."—Booklist(starred review)
"A concise yet admirably thorough account of the reinvention of one of the world's great cities...Engrossing."—Kirkus
"A valuable contribution to modern French and urban history."—Publishers Weekly
"Brisk, vivid, and unexpectedly stirring."—Mail on Sunday
"Christiansen writes about the streets he clearly loves with wit and élan...Christiansen's splendidly illustrated book made this homesick expat look at Paris with new eyes."—Times
"Elegant and gorgeously illustrated."—Irish Independent
"A history buff's must-bring Parisian travel companion."—France Magazine
"Detailed.... Christiansen...looks back over this time of major upheaval whose results can still be seen today."—France-Amérique
"In City of Light, Rupert Christiansen illuminates the tumultuous years of the Second Empire (1852-70) of Napoleon III who, in league with Parisian overlord, Baron Georges Haussmann, rewrote the script for what a modern city should be. Written deftly and with an unfailing eye for colorful detail,City of Lightoffers an insightful and heartfelt appreciation of the nineteenth-century origins of a world city."—Colin Jones,
"Highly readable... Christiansen grounds Haussmann's story in the political turmoil of the times."—Wall Street Journal
"Witty, learned and informative...This little book will make you want to walk the expansive elegance of Paris, as well as its back streets, from one end to the other, seeking of French history in the sites it brings so vividly to life."—New York Times Book Review
"If you are heading for Paris...be sure to putCity of Lightin your bag...Rupert Christiansen's account of the destruction and rebuilding [of Paris] is masterly-vivid, dramatic...and ultimately tragic."—Sunday Times(UK)
"Good reading for all lovers of the City of Light."—Booklist(starred review)
"A concise yet admirably thorough account of the reinvention of one of the world's great cities...Engrossing."—Kirkus
"A valuable contribution to modern French and urban history."—Publishers Weekly
"Brisk, vivid, and unexpectedly stirring."—Mail on Sunday
"Christiansen writes about the streets he clearly loves with wit and élan...Christiansen's splendidly illustrated book made this homesick expat look at Paris with new eyes."—Times
"Elegant and gorgeously illustrated."—Irish Independent
"A history buff's must-bring Parisian travel companion."—France Magazine
"Detailed.... Christiansen...looks back over this time of major upheaval whose results can still be seen today."—France-Amérique
"In City of Light, Rupert Christiansen illuminates the tumultuous years of the Second Empire (1852-70) of Napoleon III who, in league with Parisian overlord, Baron Georges Haussmann, rewrote the script for what a modern city should be. Written deftly and with an unfailing eye for colorful detail,City of Lightoffers an insightful and heartfelt appreciation of the nineteenth-century origins of a world city."—Colin Jones,
author
ofParis:
Biography
of
a
City