Parisians by Graham Robb | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Parisians Author: Graham Robb Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 04-30-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: History, European Summary: This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction. A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night, Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. An aristocratic woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map - there were no reliable ones at the time - Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt on himself in Notre Dame) - these and many more make up Robb's cast of characters. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel. Contact: [email protected]

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