30-second Paris : the 50 key elements that shaped the city, each explained in half a minute
2018
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Think you know Paris? Why is it called the City of Lights? Where are the capital's vineyards? What heritage did Hector Guimard bestow on the city? How many bridges cross the Seine? Step away from the grands boulevards and chic boutiques and satisfy your curiosity. Written by experts who live and breathe Paris, this volume gets you under the skin of the city to reveal its true beating heart. In just half a minute - the time it takes to read a topic - it takes you on a tour without the tourists, revealing Paris and its environs in all its contemporary as well as its historic glory, divulging its quintessential quartiers, famous residents and residences, monuments and museums, cemeteries and squares, markets and fashion meccas, open spaces and entertainment arenas.
Main title:
30-second Paris : the 50 key elements that shaped the city, each explained in half a minute / editor, John Flower ; foreword, Pierre Boisard ; contributors, Elizabeth Benjamin [and fifteen others] ; illustrations, Nicky Ackland-Snow.
Author:
Flower, John, 1934-, editorAckland-Snow, Nicola, illustrator
Imprint:
Brighton : Ivy Press, 2018.
Collation:
159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782405443 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.361
LC class:
DC707
Language:
English
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BRN:
2179812