A traveller's history of Paris

Paris, in many people's view, is the epitome of the perfect city-beautiful, romantic and imbued with vitality and culture. It is a wonderful place to visit and to live. A 'pride of place' mentality has characterised Parisians for centuries: 'To be in Paris, is to be' enthused an anonymous correspondent as early as 1323. Packed with fact, anecdote and insight, A Traveller's History of Paris, offers a complete history of the city and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as a Roman village with a few hundred inhabitants, to 20 centuries later when Paris is a city of well of 2 million, at the centre of a conurbation that exceeds 12 million-nearly one-fifth of the population of France.

First sentence: Paris on the river Seine is the central point in the Paris Basin, a network of rivers and trade routes north of the Massif Central.

Year

1994

Language

English

Publisher

Interlink Publishing Group

Editions

5

Pages

309

ISBN

9781566562287

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