The Stones of Paris in History and Letters (Vol. 1&2)

Résumé du livre

The Stones of Paris in History and Letters is a two volume study on the city of Paris written by Benjamin Ellis Martin and Charlotte M. Martin. Through the numerous chapters regarding some of the most famous French authors and artists the Martins portray the painting of the French capital going deeper in its soul and showing something more than a city of shows or a huge bazaar._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ Volume 1:_x000D_ Three Time-worn Staircases_x000D_ The Scholars' Quarter of the Middle Ages_x000D_ Molière and his Friends_x000D_ From Voltaire to Beaumarchais_x000D_ The Paris of the Revolution_x000D_ Volume 2:_x000D_ The Southern Bank in the Nineteenth Century_x000D_ The Paris of Honoré de Balzac_x000D_ The Paris of Alexandre Dumas_x000D_ The Paris of Victor Hugo_x000D_ The Making of the Marais_x000D_ The Women of the Marais