[PDF.64kt] Tales of the New Babylon: Paris, 1869-75

Tales of the New Babylon: Paris, 1869-75

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 | #7901257 in Books |  Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd |  1994-10-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A masterwork on late Second Empire Paris, the siege of Paris, and the Paris Commune|By Kevin B. Cohen|Christiansen mixes the small details of personal life with a succinctly summarized high-level view of national and international social and political currents in a way that makes his analysis of the Paris of the late Second Empire, Commune, and early Third Republic completely a

Paris in 1869 was known to the world as "the New Babylon", a city obsessed with sex and money, ruled by the ailing despot Louis Napoleon and his ruthless wife Eugenie. Rebuilt by Haussmann to display the splendours of the Second Empire, racked with scandal, anxiety and political tension, Europe's most glittering capital was on the verge of the unexpected nemesis of the Franco-Prussian War, a five-month siege and the revolutionary conflagration of the Commune. How and why...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Tales of the New Babylon: Paris, 1869-75   |  Rupert Christiansen.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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