Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train

Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, France, History
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Author: Ina Caro ISBN: 9780393082012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: June 27, 2011
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Ina Caro
ISBN: 9780393082012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: June 27, 2011
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

“I’d rather go to France with Ina Caro than with ?Henry Adams or Henry James.”—Newsweek

In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites readers on twenty-five one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through seven hundred years of French history. Whether taking us to Orléans to evoke the visions of Joan of Arc or to the Place de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors and tales of court intrigue. “[An] enchanting travelogue” (Publishers Weekly), Paris to the Past has become one of the classic guidebooks of our time.

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“I’d rather go to France with Ina Caro than with ?Henry Adams or Henry James.”—Newsweek

In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites readers on twenty-five one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through seven hundred years of French history. Whether taking us to Orléans to evoke the visions of Joan of Arc or to the Place de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors and tales of court intrigue. “[An] enchanting travelogue” (Publishers Weekly), Paris to the Past has become one of the classic guidebooks of our time.

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