Paris Between Empires 1814-1852: Monarchy and Revolution - Softcover

Philip Mansel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842126563 ISBN 13: 9781842126561

Publisher: Orion mass market paperback, 2003

Synopsis

Between 1814 and 1852 Paris was a city of power and pleasure, a magnet for people of all nationalities that exerted an influence far beyond the borders of France. Paris was the stage where the great conflicts of the age, between nationalism and cosmopolitanism, revolution and royalism, socialism and capitalism, atheism and Catholicism, were fought out before the audience of Europe. As a contemporary proverb put it: when Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold. PARIS BETWEEN EMPIRES tells the story of this golden age, from the entry of the allies into Paris on 31 March 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon I, to the proclamation of another Bonaparte, his nephew Louis-Napoleon, as Napoleon III in the Hotel de Ville on 2 December 1852. During those years, Paris, the seat of a new parliamentary government, was a truly cosmopolitan capital, home to Rossini, Heine and Princess Lieven, as well as Berlioz, Chateaubriand and Madame Recamier.

About this title

About the Author

Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He currently lives in London.

From the Back Cover

Torn between the pursuit of pleasure and the desire for revolution, Paris between the fall of Napoleon I and the rise of Napoleon III was the political, cultural and sexual capital of Europe. Investigating every aspect of the city's most fascinating era, Philip Mansel's history is a brilliant evocation of Paris's golden age.

'As richly stuffed as a boudin truffé'
Economist

'This gripping and delightful book All the wit, sexuality, greed and intrigue of Paris is magnificently portrayed'
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Times

'Deserves nothing but praise for its readability, its erudition and its entertainment'
Robert O'Byrne, Irish Times

'Both a fine history and an historical guide book that any reader who loves Paris will learn from and enjoy'
Patrick Marnham, Daily Mail

'This excellent book is full of insight and revealing detail'
Richard Vinen, Financial Times

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Edition details

• Publisher: Orion mass market paperback
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842126563
• ISBN 13: 9781842126561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576