This illustrated guide to the French capital city covers its monuments, palaces, museums, galleries, literature, history and people. It details six tours of exploration, from the Louvre to the Bois de Boulogne and from Montmartre to Montparnasse, taking in Versailles, the Left Bank, the islands where the city was founded in about 250 BC, the Latin Quarter, the artists' quarter, Les Halles, the Pompidou Centre and the Musee d'Orsay. Paris is also a city of cafes and restaurants, parks and boulevards, and the author aims to bring them to life by relating them to the painters and sculptors, writers and singers who lived, worked and played there. Appendices provide detailed information on the history, rulers, artists, writers, patrons, monuments, buildings and opening times.
- ISBN10 0719546168
- ISBN13 9780719546167
- Publish Date 22 August 1988 (first published 23 July 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 254
- Language English