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Paris at the End of the World - The City of Light During the Great War, 1914-1918 (Paperback)
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Paris at the End of the World - The City of Light During the Great War, 1914-1918 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R457
Discovery Miles 4 570
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A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to
life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city's
history. From 1914 through 1918 the terrifying sounds of World War
I could be heard from inside the French capital. For four years,
Paris lived under constant threat of destruction. And yet in its
darkest hour, the City of Light blazed more brightly than ever.
It's taxis shuttled troops to the front; its great railway stations
received reinforcements from across the world; the grandest museums
and cathedrals housed the wounded, and the Eiffel Tower hummed at
all hours relaying messages to and from the front. At night,
Parisians lived with urgency and without inhibition. Artists like
Pablo Picasso achieved new creative heights. And the war brought a
wave of foreigners to the city for the first time, including Ernest
Hemingway and Baxter's own grandfather, Archie, whose diaries he
used to reconstruct a soldier's-eye view of the war years. A
revelatory achievement, Paris at the End of the World shows how
this extraordinary period was essential in forging the spirit of
the city beloved today.
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