Paris souls
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In this book, reality trumps fiction, as Dirk Velghe recounts facts and stories about the extraordinary people and events that coloured Paris.
“The wealth of facts and erudition bring magic to Dirk Velghe’s Paris. A place where even tragedy seems less sombre. Anyone who does not already love Paris will fall for it after reading this book. ‘Ich bin ein Pariser’, as Kennedy might have said.” — Herman Van Rompuy, former president of the European Council
In this book, reality always trumps fiction, truth always trumps myth. Get ready for a personal encounter with police inspectors and filles à la cuisse légère, Impressionists and art thieves, collaborators and résistants, Cubists and anarchists, artists’ models and terrorists, criminals and executioners.
In fascinating and often unknown stories, such as ‘The Chanel-Wertheimer Case’, ‘Lenin’s Yellow Jersey’ and ‘Selling the Eiffel Tower’, hundreds of Parisian souls are brought back to life behind the façades, in the passages, and along the avenues and boulevards of the City of Light.
In Paris Souls, readers taste the idiosyncratic harvest of someone who, after many seasons in his favourite city, is still enraptured by its fruits. Dirk Velghe recounts facts and stories about the extraordinary people and events that coloured Paris, sometimes with paint, sometimes with blood. Histories as only a true Parisian can tell them. Light-hearted but always deeply reasoned, Velghe gives an entirely new twist to the history of Paris. His no-nonsense prose and narrative flair guarantee compelling reading.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 februari 2024
Aantal pagina's: 368
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Dirk Velghe
Hoofduitgeverij: Meta4Books vzw
Editie: 1
Product breedte: 160 mm
Product hoogte: 42 mm
Product lengte: 240 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 167 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 42 mm
Verpakking lengte: 247 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 981 g
EAN: 9789464666403