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Paris Between Empires Tells The Story Of This Golden Age, From The Entry Of The Allies Into Paris On March 31, 1814, After The Defeat Of Napoleon I, To The Proclamation Of His Nephew Louis-napoleon As Napoleon Iii In The Hotel De Ville On December 2, 1852. During Those Years, Paris, The Seat Of A New Parliamentary Government, Was A Truly Cosmopolitan Capital, Home To Rossini, Heine, And Princess Lieven, As Well As Berlioz, Chateaubriand, And Madame Recamier. Artisans And Aristocrats From Across Europe Crowded Its Salons, Attracted By The Freedom From The Political, Social, And Sexual Restrictions That They Endured At Home. This Was A Time, Too; Of Political Turbulence And Dynastic Intrigue, Of Violence On The Streets, And Women Manipulating Men And Events From Their Salons. In Describing It Philip Mansel Draws On The Unpublished Letters And Diaries Of Some Of The City's Leading Figures And Of The Foreigners Who Flocked There, Among Them Lady Holland, Two British Ambassadors, Lords Stuart De Rothesay And Normanby, And Charles De Flahaut, Lover Of Napoleon's Step-daughter Queen Hortense. This Fascinating Book Shows That The European Ideal Was As Alive In The Nineteenth Century As It

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Author

Mansel, Philip, 1951-

Publisher

New York: St. Martin's Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312308575

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14