'PARIS BETWEEN EMPIRES, 1814-1852' - Hardcover

Mansel Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719556279 ISBN 13: 9780719556272

Publisher: John Murray, 2001

Synopsis

Between 1814 and 1852 Paris was a city of power and pleasure, a magnet for people of all nationalities that exerted an influence far beyond the borders of France. Paris was the stage where the great conflicts of the age, between nationalism and cosmopolitanism, revolution and royalism, socialism and capitalism, atheism and Catholicism, were fought out before the audience of Europe. As a contemporary proverb put it: when Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold. PARIS BETWEEN EMPIRES tells the story of this golden age, from the entry of the allies into Paris on 31 March 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon I, to the proclamation of another Bonaparte, his nephew Louis-Napoleon, as Napoleon III in the Hotel de Ville on 2 December 1852. During those years, Paris, the seat of a new parliamentary government, was a truly cosmopolitan capital, home to Rossini, Heine and Princess Lieven, as well as Berlioz, Chateaubriand and Madame Recamier.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians. His book CONSTANTINOPLE was described by William Dalrymple as 'An impeccably researched masterpiece of exquisite historical writing.' He currently lives in London.

Review:

This is Philip Mansel's year as we are pubishing both this paperback and hishardback PRINCE OF EUROPE. See hardback bulletin details for further information. "Philip Mansel's readable history, investigating the city's most fascinating era, vividly evokes Paris's golden age, especially the 1830 and 1848 revolutions."SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Philip Mansel records what life was like in Paris in those years with masses of wonderful detail. He has read endless diaries, memoirs and letters... a most readable book."Derwent May, THE TIMES More new

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0719556279
• ISBN 13: 9780719556272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 569