Describes in detail the lives of soldiers, criminals, artisans and prostitutes as well as the country cure visiting the gay quarters of Paris and the marquis with his curious menage. Instructive and entertaining, it brings us into contact with the sights, smells and sounds of everyday life during one of the most exciting periods of history.
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Jean Robiquet was born at Meudon in 1874. He was educated at the Lycee Henri IV and the Faculte des Lettres, Paris. He entered the Musee Carnavalet in 1897 and was Keeper from 1919-34 and was later Honorary Keeper of the Musee Carnavalet and of the Musee of Ile-de-France. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour shortly before his death in 1960.
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