{"product_id":"9780500297438-paris-a-short-history","title":"Paris: A Short History","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Jeremy Black\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 256\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.   Paris has long been celebrated as a place of style, wit and sensuality. In this deft and broad-ranging narrative, Jeremy Black demonstrates that the history of Paris is about more than a city: it is the history of a culture, a society and a state that has impacted the rest of the world through centuries of changing fortunes.   Black explores how a humble Gallic capital grew into a flourishing medieval city full of spectacular palaces and cathedrals. He depicts the opulent courts of Louis XIV and XV and the Revolution that tore French society apart; the Belle Epoque and the destruction of World Wars I and II, leading us on to the Paris of today: one of the most iconic cities in the world.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48507083161754,"sku":"9780500297438","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1625\/7690\/files\/9780500297438-us-300.jpg?v=1782353946","url":"https:\/\/castlebooks.com.au\/products\/9780500297438-paris-a-short-history","provider":"Castlebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}