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Around and About Paris, Vol. 2: From the Guillotine to the Bastille Opera: The 8th-12th Arrondissements
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.43604839
EAN: 9780952537830
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0952537834
Label: Illiad Press
Manufacturer: Illiad Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 228
Publication Date: 1999-09
Publisher: Illiad Press
Studio: Illiad Press
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Rating: - Quite simply the best
As someone who has haunted Paris for decades, I can say that there is no more wonderful companion than Thirza Vallois. Her three volumes of Around and About Paris, covering every arrondissement with both erudition and joy, are almost as deep and rich and rewarding as the city itself. They are to be carried about for consulting on foot, and read in your armchair for pleasure and information you will not find in the run-of-the-mill "guide." These books are for explorers and dreamers, scholars and ... Read More
Rating: - About the Bastille ...
Great book!
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Rating: - Mrs Vallois is a queen - Feel as her invitee in Paris
Because Mrs Vallois has a love affair with Paris; because she devoted part of her life to this "cause", she is totally convincing. When you read her descriptions of hidden details on houses nobody noticed before, you understand that Mrs Vallois deserves the right to consider herself as co-owner of "the spirit of Paris". Because this "spirit" is something that was invented by the French to be shared with others, feel free to become a "courtisan". Mrs Vallois ... Read More
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