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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-07-24
The Story Of Paris written by Thomas Okey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-24 with categories.
The Story of Paris
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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
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Release Date : 2009-03-01
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Paris And Its Story
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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Paris And Its Story written by Thomas Okey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with categories.
THE History of Paris, says Michelet, is the history of the French monarchy. The aim of the writer in the following pages has been to narrate the story of the capital city of France on the lines thus indicated, dwelling, however, in the earlier chapters rather more on its legendary aspect than perhaps an austere historical conscience would approve. But it is precisely a familiarity with these romantic stories, which at least are true in impression if not in fact, that the sojourner in Paris will find most useful, translated as they are in sculpture and in painting on the decoration of her architecture both modern and ancient, and implicit in the nomenclature of her ways. Within the limits of time and space allotted for the work no more than an imperfect outline of a vast subject has been possible. The writer has essayed to compose a story of, not a guide to, Paris. Those who desire the latter may be referred to the excellent manuals of Murray, Bædeker and of Grant Allen-the last named being an admirable companion for the artistically-minded traveller. In controversial matter, such, for instance, as the position of the ancient Grand Pont, the writer has adopted the opinions of the most recent authorities.
Paris
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Author : Danièle Chadych
language : en
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Release Date : 2014
Paris written by Danièle Chadych and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Paris Stories
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Author : Mavis Gallant
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2011-04-27
Paris Stories written by Mavis Gallant and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-27 with Fiction categories.
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorkerfor close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times.
The Story Of Paris
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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
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Release Date : 2010-07-10
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Written by Thomas Okey in 1906, "The Story ofParis" is a beautifully written historyof the City of Lights with lovely penand ink illustrations by Katherine Kimball throughout the book. This is an EXACT reproduction of Mr. Okey's books and we have chosen to remain true to the publication,which may include an occasional blurred page or poor picture, but hopefully those will not keep you from enjoying this very special work. We wanted to present you with the original work as it was published over 100 years ago.Thomas Okay does a masterful job of story-telling that makes you want to keep reading. Here is just a little excerpt from the chapter called "Paris under Philip Augustus"The king, who had owed his life to the excellenceof his armour, was received in Paris witha frenzy of joy. The whole city came forthto meet him, flowers were strewn in his path,the streets were hung with tapestry,Te Deums sung in all the churches, and forseven days and nights the popular enthusiasmexpressed itself in dance, in song and joyous revel. It was the first nationaleven in France.History buffs and anyone with even a slight interest in France will find unexpected pleasure in reading this wonderful work.(Timeless Classic Books)
Paris And Its Story
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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-05-31
Paris And Its Story written by Thomas Okey and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-31 with Literary Collections categories.
THE mediæval scribe in the fulness of a divinely-revealed cosmogony is wont to begin his story at the creation of the world or at the confusion of tongues, to trace the building of Troy by the descendants of Japheth, and the foundation of his own native city by one of the Trojan princes made a fugitive in Europe by proud Ilion's fall. Such, he was very sure, was the origin of Padua, founded by Antenor and by Priam, son of King Priam, whose grandson, yet another Priam, by his great valour and wisdom became the monarch of a mighty people, called from their fair hair, Galli or Gallici. And of the strong city built on the little island in the Seine who could have been its founder but the ravisher of fair Helen—Sir Paris himself? The naïve etymology of the time was evidence enough.
The Story Of Paris Medieval Towns Series
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Author : Thomas Okey
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-07-28
The Story Of Paris Medieval Towns Series written by Thomas Okey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-28 with Travel categories.
This book is a comprehensive treatise on Parisian history from Graeco-Roman Paris to modernity. A fascinating and insightful volume, "The Story of Paris" will appeal to those with an interest in French history, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Gallo-Roman Paris," "The Barbarian Invasions-St. Genevieve-The Conversion of Clovis," "The Merovingian Dynasty," "The Carlovigians-The Great Siege of Paris by the Normans-The Germs of Feudalism," "The Rise of the Capetian Kings and the Growth of Feudal Paris," "Paris under Philip Augustus and St. Louis," et cetera. Thomas Okey (1852-1935) was a master basket-weaver, translator, and writer. Other notable works by this author include: "Venice and its Story" (1904), "Paris and its Story" (1925), "The Story of Avignon" (1926). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Paris A Love Story
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Author : Kati Marton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-03-12
Paris A Love Story written by Kati Marton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Recounts how the author's marriages to Peter Jennings and the late Richard Holbrooke were shaped by the beauty and allure of Paris, where she found love and healing against a backdrop of historical events.
The Story Of Paris
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Author : Katherine Kimball
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-03
The Story Of Paris written by Katherine Kimball and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-03 with categories.
In recasting Paris and its Story for issue in the "Medi�val Towns Series," opportunity has been taken of revising the whole and of adding a Second Part, wherein we have essayed the office of cicerone.Obviously in so vast a range of study as that afforded by the city of Paris, compression and selection have been imperative: we have therefore limited our guidance to such routes and edifices as seemed to offer the more important objects of historic and artistic interest, excluding from our purview, with much regret, the works of contemporary artists. On the Louvre, as the richest Thesaurus of beautiful things in Europe, we have dwelt at some length and even so it has been possible only to deal broadly with its contents. A book has, however, this advantage over a corporeal guide; it can be curtly dismissed without fear of offence, when antipathy may impel the traveller to pass by, or sympathy invite him to linger over, the various objects indicated to his gaze. In a city where change is so constant and the housebreaker's pick so active, any work dealing with monuments of the past must needs soon become imperfect. Since the publication of Paris and its Story in the autumn of 1904, a picturesque group of old houses in the Rue de l'Arbre Sec, including the H�tel des Mousquetaires, the traditional lodging of Dumas' d'Artagnan, has been swept away and a monstrous mass of engineering is now reared on its site: even as we write other demolitions of historic buildings are in progress. Care has, however, been taken to bring this little work up to date and our constant desire has been to render it useful to the inexperienced visitor to Paris. Success in so complicated and difficult a task can be but partial, and in this as in so many of life's aims "our wills," as good Sir Thomas Browne says, "must be our performances, and our intents make out our actions; otherwise our pious labours shall find anxiety in our graves and our best endeavours not hope, but fear, a resurrection."It now remains to acknowledge our indebtedness to the following, among other authorities, which are here set down to obviate the necessity for repeated footnotes, and to indicate to readers who may desire to pursue the study of the history and art of Paris in more detail, some works among the enormous mass of literature on the subject that will repay perusal.For the general history of France, the monumental Histoire de France now in course of publication, edited by E. Lavisse; Michelet's Histoire de France, Recits de l'Histoire de France, and Proc�s des Templiers; Victor Duruy, Histoire de France; the cheap and admirable selection of authorities in the seventeen volumes of the Histoire de France racont�e par les Contemporains, edited by B. Zeller; Carl Faulmann, Illustrirte Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst; the Chronicles of Gregory of Tours, Richer, Abbo, Joinville, Villani, Froissart, De Comines; G�ographie Historique, by A. Guerard; Froude's essay on the Templars; Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, by T. Douglas Murray; Paris sous Philip le Bel, edited by H. Geraud.For the later Monarchy, the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, the Histories of Carlyle, Mignet, Michelet and Louis Blanc; the Origines de la France Contemporaine, by Taine; the Cambridge Modern History, Vol....