Author : Robert Cole
Release : 2002-06-11
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Book Synopsis Travellers History Paris by : Robert Cole
Download or read book Travellers History Paris written by Robert Cole. This book was released on 2002-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris, in many people’s thoughts, 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 wrote in 1323. Packed with fact, anecdote and insight, A Travelleri´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 inhabit- ants, to twenty centuries later when Paris is a city of well of over two million, at the centre of a conurbation that exceeds 12 million, nearly one-fifth of the population of France.