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Paris Histories and Mysteries: How the City of Lights Changed the World
Who needs another book about Paris? You do!
Paris has been studied, written about, visited, loved, even adored for centuries, yet history still has Come along and discover a mysterious Paris, one that is more than a tourist stop or a postcard photo-op, but a place where events large and small have altered the course of world history.
Go behind the scenes to discover Paris Mysteries and Histories !
“John Frederick squires us around his beloved city of Paris in the great tradition of the American flâneur, ready to be amused, educated, or surprised by unexpected adventures on any street corner. If you are traveling to Paris, he will help you to see things from fresh angles, and lift the hem of histories and mysteries large and small. If you are going to travel in the mind from your easy chair, he’ll arouse your inner senses with sights and smells and amuse-bouches. This book is a delightful stroll through the Paris of the heart.”
— Robert Moss, Bestselling Author of The Secret History of Dreaming
Paris has been studied, written about, visited, loved, even adored for centuries, yet history still has Come along and discover a mysterious Paris, one that is more than a tourist stop or a postcard photo-op, but a place where events large and small have altered the course of world history.
Go behind the scenes to discover Paris Mysteries and Histories !
“John Frederick squires us around his beloved city of Paris in the great tradition of the American flâneur, ready to be amused, educated, or surprised by unexpected adventures on any street corner. If you are traveling to Paris, he will help you to see things from fresh angles, and lift the hem of histories and mysteries large and small. If you are going to travel in the mind from your easy chair, he’ll arouse your inner senses with sights and smells and amuse-bouches. This book is a delightful stroll through the Paris of the heart.”
— Robert Moss, Bestselling Author of The Secret History of Dreaming
402 pages, Paperback
Published October 25, 2022
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August 27, 2023
This was really fantastic. Twelve chapters covering various facets of Paris from Catherine de Medici's column, to the birth of the Metric system, to the Phantom of the Opera, and much more in between. The author does a great job exploring his subjects, and provides comprehensive metro directions and specifics for finding historical sites mentioned in the book or plaques and approximations for those no longer standing. I will definitely read this again if I ever get back to Paris.
March 6, 2023
Oo-la-la! A magical tour of Paris
I have been to Paris twice and after reading this great little book I am planning my third sojourn to explore John Frederick 's fantastic version of the city. This is a fabulous book for armchair and real travelers who yearn to learn beyond the standard tourist drivel.
I have been to Paris twice and after reading this great little book I am planning my third sojourn to explore John Frederick 's fantastic version of the city. This is a fabulous book for armchair and real travelers who yearn to learn beyond the standard tourist drivel.
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