Paris - Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light

Follow in the footsteps of history to discover the hidden places, extraordinary people, and captivating stories of Paris.
Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light, Mary McAuliffe's multilayered exploration of Paris, weaves a narrative that takes the reader into secret and hidden places, even in the midst of the most well-known Paris destinations.
McAuliffe's hidden places can be small but are always revealing, whether a bas-relief on an ignored corner of Notre-Dame or an overlooked courtyard inside an ancient and busy hospital. She takes the reader below the streets and sidewalks of Paris to discover ancient aqueducts and a lost river, and she prompts the reader to notice overlooked treasures in the most trafficked of museums.
Always, McAuliffe's focus is on people and their stories. Evil queens, designing noblemen, bold chevaliers, and desperate lovers mingle with Resistance fighters and obsessed artists rising out of abject...

Paris - Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light.rar

Paris - Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light.rar