Paris to the past : traveling through French history by train / Ina Caro.
Paris to the past : traveling through French history by train / Ina Caro.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
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N944/421
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English
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Physical content
xi, 381 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Middle Ages: Cathedrals and Fortresses -- 1.Saint-Denis: The Monarchy and the Gothic Cathedral -- 2.Laon: Early Gothic -- 3.Chartres: The High Gothic Cathedral at Chartres -- 4.The Coronation Ceremony at the Cathedral of Reims -- 5.The Louvre: A Late-Twel...
Contents note continued: Seventeenth-Century France -- 16.Magical Vaux-le-Vicomte -- 17.Versailles -- 18.The Secret Castle of Maintenon -- pt. IV The Coming of the French Revolution -- Paris in the Eighteenth Century -- 19.Parisian Sights: Palais-Royal, Hotel Carnavalet, Hotel de Soubise, Ecole Mili...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2011.
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Summary
Through twenty-five one-day train trips, the author describes outings spanning seven hundred years of French history, including Orléans, Versailles, Place de la Concorde, and Saint-Denis.
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Paris to the past : traveling through French history by train / Ina Caro.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N944/421
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74VvX5BglM43
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ISBN
0393078949 (hbk.)
9780393078947 (hbk.)
DDC
944
MMS ID
991011181859702626