The Tumultuous Streets of Paris
“A Guide to the City of Light Following in the Footsteps of Famous Parisians Throughout History”
What did I enjoy most about Susan Cahill’s “The Streets of Paris: A Guide to the City of Light Following in the Footsteps of Famous Parisians Throughout History?”
The Parisian history lesson begins from the moment you open her book.
Plan a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the City of Light and Cahill is there by your side to guide you along. Whether you’re planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the City of Light or you have a thirst for French history, Cahill walks you through the romance and sometimes tumultuous streets of Paris from the Middle Ages to the present (800 years). Paris is often considered to be one of the most romantic cities in the world. Lovers, Heloise and Abelard; Louis IX, Robespierre’s victim, Albert Camus, Edith Piaf, and Henri IV are among the 22 famed Parisians she profiled in her 276-page guide.
Each chapter begins with a magnificent four-color illustration by Marion Ranoux, a native Parisienne, and photographer, followed by a tour that begins with a metro-stop. Cafes, gardens, squares, museums, bookstores, churches, and patisseries and other points of interest you’ll want to visit are featured in her lists of “Nearbys.”
The Streets of Paris is one of five travel books Cahill has published. You can find more information about “Hidden Gardens of Paris,” “The Smiles of Rome,” “Desiring Italy,” “For the Love of Ireland,” and “A Literary Guide to Ireland” (with Thomas Cahill) at http://www.susancahill.net/books-list.
Published by St. Martin’s Press; June 6, 2017
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