City of Light, City of Shadows

Mike Rapport is a historian with the rare ability to engage his reader both on the level of local detail and of sweeping narrative. City of Light, City of Shadows had me spellbound - Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse and Art MonstersA fascinating, multi-layered panorama of the evolution of the French capital at a key period in its history - Jonathan Fenby, author of The History of Modern France