Paris and Her Remarkable Women: A Guide - Hardcover

Lorraine Liscio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1892145774 ISBN 13: 9781892145772

Publisher: Little Bookroom, 2009

Synopsis

To visit a city is to wander through its stories and glimpse its ghosts. This book evokes Paris from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century through ten exceptional women whose lives intersected with Paris in remarkable ways and whose eventual fame depended on the city itself. The women profiled include: Mme. Roland, St. Genevieve, Marie Curie, Coco Chanel, Mme. de Sevigné, Heloise, Christine de Pizan, Catherine de Medici, Emilie du Châtelet, Francoise d'Aubigne, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, Eliza Felix, George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and Camille Claudel. Their stories bring to life medieval culture, Enlightenment ideas, the court of Louis XIV, the chaos of the Revolution, the nineteenth-century art scene, and twentieth-century breakthroughs in science and fashion. Whenever possible, the author allows these women to speak for themselves. The sites associated with each women are located in the central parts of Paris that most visitors explore, and even those women whom most people thought they knew may prove surprising.

About this title

Review:

I enjoyed reading their biographies and their connections with parts of Paris, particularly as each is illustrated with a contemporary portrait. (Destination France)

Utterly charming, beautiful to look at and somewhat mysterious - just like the women of Paris, then. (Irish Times)

About the Author:

Lorraine Liscio is a writer and editor who has taught at Boston College, where she was the Director of Women's Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Bookroom
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1892145774
• ISBN 13: 9781892145772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128