City of love. City of splendour. City of terror. City of dreams. Inspired by the haunting, passionate story of the city of lights, this epic novel weaves a gripping tale of four families across the centuries: from the lies that spawn the noble line of de Cygne to the revolutionary Le Sourds who seek their destruction; from the Blanchards whose bourgeois respectability offers scant protection against scandal to the hard-working Gascons and their soaring ambitions. Over hundreds of years, these four families are bound by forbidden loves and marriages of convenience; dogged by vengeance and murderous secrets; torn apart by the irreconcilable differences of birth and faith, and brought together by the tumultuous history of their city. The story of Paris bursts to life in the intrigue, corruption and glory of its people. Beloved author Edward Rutherfurd illuminates Paris as only he can: capturing the romance and everyday drama of the men and women who, in two thousand years, transformed a humble trading post on the muddy banks of the Seine into the most celebrated city in the world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-13
9781444736809
eBay Product ID (ePID)
148714511
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paris
Author
Edward Rutherfurd
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Genealogy, Books
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Historical
Number of Pages
832 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
232mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
968g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Edward Rutherfurd
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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