Full name: Paris: The Novel

Author: Edward Rutherfurd Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction Culture: France Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Barns&Noble Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780345530769 0345530764

From Edward Rutherfurd, the grand master of the historical novel, comes a dazzling epic about the magnificent city of Paris. Moving back and forth in time, the story unfolds through intimate and thrilling tales of self-discovery, divided loyalty, and long-kept secrets. As various characters come of age, seek their fortunes, and fall in and out of love, the novel follows nobles who claim descent from the hero of the celebrated poem ; a humble family that embodies the ideals of the French Revolution; a pair of brothers from the slums behind Montmartre, one of whom works on the Eiffel Tower as the other joins the underworld near the Moulin Rouge; and merchants who lose everything during the reign of Louis XV, rise again in the age of Napoleon, and help establish Paris as the great center of art and culture that it is today. With Rutherfurd's unrivaled blend of impeccable research and narrative verve, this bold novel brings the sights, scents, and tastes of the City of Light to brilliant life. Similar books: Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd London by Edward Rutherfurd New York by Edward Rutherfurd The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd Russka by Edward Rutherfurd Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson To Dance with Kings by Rosalind Laker For the King by Catherine Delors The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin The Lords of Vaumartin by Cecelia Holland The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Dancing for Degas by Kathryn Wagner Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin Pure by Andrew Miller The Burning Times by Jeanne Kalogridis Conspiracy by S. J. Parris A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon