{"product_id":"9780500297438","title":"Paris : A Short History","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Black, Jeremy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/03\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages, 16 Illustrations, black and white; 22 Illustrations, color,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780500297438,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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 Époque 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55129424953717,"sku":"9780500297438","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780500297438.jpg?v=1740992891","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780500297438","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}