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Untold Paris The Secret History of the City of Light

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    9780711296589

  • ISBN10:

    0711296588

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2024-06-25
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln

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Summary

Nobody knows the city of light like Paris resident and travel writer John Baxter – and nobody is able to write about its culture quite so intriguingly. Let him guide you around the Paris you’ve always wanted to know.

How was Ernest Hemingway received by the city he wrote so much about, and where did he rub shoulders with other literary greats? Are Parisian waiters really as rude as their reputation, and why do they race each other down the street in the annual Course des Garcons de Café? And where can you find fascinating remnants of the city’s history of violent revolution, jazz music, and bold artistic movements?

From the reality of the city’s café culture and its literary luminaries, to some of its more curious landmarks, obscure events, and unusual inhabitants, Untold Paris will give the first-time visitor a vivid impression of the city and offer seasoned travelers a new vision of the city they love.

The people, the quirks, peculiarities, charms, and eccentricities; the history and secrets. Welcome to the untold Paris.

Praise for John Baxter's previous work:

We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light – "towers above most recent memoirs of life abroad" Sunday Times.

The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France – International Association of Culinary Professionals Award, “Full of humor, insight, and mouth-watering details… a delightful tour of traditional French culture and cuisine.” Travel and Leisure.  

Eating Eternity: Food and Wine in the Art and Literature of France – 
"Gorgeous" New York Times

Author Biography

John Baxter was born in Australia but has lived in Paris for the past 30 years. He has published biographies of Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas and Robert De Niro, as well many books about life in France, including the classic The Most Beautful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris and the award-winning The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France. When not writing, John leads literary walking tours of Paris.
 

Table of Contents

NOTRE DAME. DEATH AND RESURRECTION

TAKING THE WATERS: TO SWIM OR NOT TO SWIM?   
 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY.  THE TELLER OR THE TALE?
 
LEAGUES, MILES AND THE FOOT OF HERCULES. THE FIGHT FOR METRICATION.
 
THE 1924 OLYMPICS. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER....MEANER.
 
THE RED VIRGIN OF MONTMARTRE. THE COMMUNE
 
DIANA, DODI, DAVID AND THE DUCHESS: BRITISH ROYALS IN PARIS
 
SERVICE COMPRIS: TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP?
 
RATS. THE SECRET CITIZENS.
 
GUESS WHERE I'M WRITING THIS? CAFÉS AND LITERATURE.
 
BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE:VIVE LA REVOLUTION!
 
GOING....GOING....:  SELLING THE PAST.
 
TOWARDS A WHITE PARIS: THE MALRAUX LAW.
 
THE LEFT HAND OF TOURISM: CRIME IN THE CRAZY YEARS.
 
JOHNNY: NO DIRECTION HOME.
 
FEY AND DRUNKEN. RAYMOND AND ISADORA DUNCAN.
 
KINGS' CAKES AND NUNS' FARTS:  THE ART OF FRENCH PASTRY.
 
SOME MURDERERS.
 
DANCING IN THE STREETS: BUSKERS, BEGGARS AND MIMES.
 
THE GERMAN OCCUPATION: JACK BOOTS AND JAZZ.
 
DON'T EAT THE FEET: THE ORTOLAN.
 
BEAUTY IN THE STREETS. 1968 AND ITS EVENEMENTS.
 
THE SLOWEST FOOD OF ALL : SNAILS
 
PURVEYORS OF PLEASURE: THE GIRL IN THE CHAMPAGNE BATH.
 
IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE...: ART IN THE AIR.
 
BELGIAN BLOCKS AND HAUSSMANN COBBLES.
 
WHITE NIGHTS: EXPLORING PARIS AFTER DARK.
 
A TOWER TOO FAR. EIFFEL AND HIS MONUMENT.
 
TENNIS. ROLAND GARROS AND THE RED GAME.
 
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: THE RISE OF LE COCTEL
 
PALACE OF THE PENIS: ART NOUVEAU
 
PÉTANQUE. THE FRENCH GAME.
 
THROUGH OUTER SPACE TO ALPHAVILLE: JEAN-LUC GODARD
 
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? THE OPÉRA AND ITS PHANTOM
 
AN ARTIFICIAL PARADISE. OPIUM.
 
THEY ALSO SERVE: WAITERS AND WAITING.
 
THE SLICE OF LIFE: BREAD AND HISTORY.
 
LE JAZZ HOT. OR NOT?
 
EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID.
 
IF THERE'S NO GOD, WHO INVENTED CHOCOLATE?
 
DOGS,  AND WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.
 
MÉTRO BOULOT DODO: LEARNING TO LOVE THE MÉTRO
 
LE BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU EST ARRIVÉE!
 
NAKED AS NATURE INTENDED. THE FRENCH AND NATURISM.
 
FRENCH VS. ENGLISH. WAR OF THE WORDS
 
THE LATE LAMENTED. THE FRENCH AND FUNERALS
 
TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD.  DUELLING AND DUELLISTS.
 
A HORSEMAN ON A TOMATO : SURREALISM
 
 

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