A Traveller's History of Paris by Robert Cole (Paperback Book)

Name: A Traveller's History of Paris by Robert Cole (Paperback Book)
Brand: Robert Cole

Robert Cole

A Traveller's History of ParisAuthor(s): Robert Cole\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Simon And Schuster Group USA\nImprint: Interlink Books\nISBN-13: 9781623715908, 978-1623715908\nSynopsis\nFor many people, Paris is the epitome of the perfect city - beautiful, romantic, and imbued with vitality and culture. It is a wonderful place to visit and to live in. Packed with fact, anecdote, and insight, A Traveller's History of Paris offers a complete history of Paris and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as the Roman village of Lutetia Parisiorum with a few hundred inhabitants, to 20 centuries later when Paris is a city of well over two million - nearly one-fifth of the population of France. This handy paperback is fully indexed and includes a Chronology of Major Events, as well as sections on Notre-Dame and historic churches, Modernism, parks, bridges, cemeteries, museums and galleries, the Metro, and the environs. Illustrated with line drawings and histo.