Paris in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see &, as such, the title provides thorough & objective reference information covering art, history & architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details & photographs. Cross referenced indexing means information is accessible & layout navigable. Selective listings of restaurants & accommodation are chosen in the belief that good, practical recommendations will contribute to the enjoyment of good art & culture. ...

Paris Baedeker is divided into four main categories
- background, practicalities, tours & A-Z of sites. The guide is introduced
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Paris in the Luxe city guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them ...

Paris on a single-sided, indexed street map at 1:15, 000 from Insight. This large map shows major tourist sites & transport routes, a Metro diagram & an overview of the Paris region on enlarged road maps. Main roads & many minor roads are named (and numbered, where relevant), & mainline & Metro lines & stations are displayed. In the margin of the map, information is provided on access, distances & travel times to & from surrounding areas, such as motorways, airports & nearby towns & cities. A Paris Metro & regional rail diagram inset is provided for central areas & many car parks, one-way streets are displayed on the main map. Pedestrian zones, selected flights of steps (e.g. at the Sacr ...

Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, & spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys & hidden places. Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer`s day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like ` Japanese lanterns` or lamenting the passing of street cries & old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost & wasting time, & on what it truly means to know a city. ...

Highly praised on its first appearance, this new edition of the Companion Guide to Paris, fully revised by Anthony Glyn`s widow, preserves his vivid evocation of Paris
- its foundation & history, ancient churches, wide boulevards & narrow streets, architecture, & philosophy
- while bringing the book up to date. Special attention is paid to the completed Grand Louvre with its Pyramid, the d` Orsay & Picasso Museums & the refurbished Centre Pompidou; the changes to the Eiffel Tower & the Pantheon; & the restoration of the footpaths along the Seine. Informed & amusing, the book captures the changing moods of this fascinating city.

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Paris in the Luxe city guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them ...

City of love. City of splendour. City of terror. City of dreams. Inspired by the haunting, passionate story of the city of lights, this epic novel weaves a gripping tale of four families across the centuries: from the lies that spawn the noble line of de Cygne to the revolutionary Le Sourds who seek their destruction; from the Blanchards whose bourgeois respectability offers scant protection against scandal to the hard-working Gascons & their soaring ambitions. Over hundreds of years, these four families are bound by forbidden loves & marriages of convenience; dogged by vengeance & murderous secrets; torn apart by the irreconcilable differences of birth & faith, & brought together by the tumultuous history of their city. Paris bursts to life in the intrigue, corruption & glory of its people. Beloved author of Sarum, London & New York, Edward Rutherfurd illuminates Paris as only he can: capturing the romance & everyday drama of the men & women who, in two thousand years, transformed a humble trading post on the muddy banks of the Seine into the most celebrated city in the world. ...

Explore behind the tourist facade of the world`s most visited city. In this book, Paris-based writer & Invisible Paris blogger Adam Roberts provides a concise & informative portrait of the iconic metropolis. He uncovers the story of how a provincial backwater rose up to become the richest & most powerful city in Europe, & a world leader in fashion, the arts & gastronomy
- & why it continues to dazzle today. In short, illustrated chapters, Roberts casts his eye over 2, 000 years of turbulent history, from a time when roaming Celtic tribes first set up camp to the present day: he covers the rise & fall of royalty, uprisings & invasions, destruction & magnificent redevelopments, & he explores the city`s contributions to the world, including Gothic architecture, city planning, mammoth museums & urban art. A section on the city today
- perceptive essays & observations on topics ranging from Parisian Sundays to the inside workings of a historic hotel
- reveal the twenty-first-century city. Roberts also offers travellers a diverse selection of tips on places to visit, from a vintage sweet shop to a museum of romantic life, a relaxing hidden garden in a hospital, & a converted hairdressing salon where you can play table tennis. Recommended for those planning a trip to the city or simply for anyone who loves Paris, this book offers a unique overview of one of the world`s most fascinating cities.


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Paris (2013) is William Roberts` most ambitious work to date & can best be described as a contemporary historical novel. It concerns an extended family of Russian emigres struggling to survive in Paris & Berlin during the inter-war years of the last century & examines the difficulty of holding on to one`s identity in exile. As the waves of political & ideological turmoil impinge directly on the fate of the characters, we see some of them adapt & flourish despite the hostile environment whilst others are destroyed. Referencing European & Russian prose, both Realist & Modernist, the style nevertheless is that of a quintessentially Welsh sensibility; with a rich mosaic of linguistic influences such as the Mabinogion, 16C, & 17C Classical Welsh language writers, as well as 21C Welsh dialect & slang. The result is a highly innovative hybrid style, which gives the novel its unique voice. Paris, whilst ostensibly a historical novel, examines themes of crucial contemporary relevance: migration, exile, displacement, & identity. Crossing borders, whether from choice or necessity, is a central feature of the novel. Roberts explores the experience of `the Other`, which in this case, is what it means to be a Welsh speaker. He extrapolates the Welsh condition of internal exile: loss of language, loss of culture, loss of identity to a European, historical setting in order to force his Welsh readers to confront their own predicament from a different historical perspective. ...