Description: A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.
Brief description: Jeremy Black is emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of over seventy books, including France: A Short History and Great Battles of All Time.
Review Quotes: As a Parisian--whose family lived there for more than a century--and as an historian, I can only be impressed by how Jeremy Black managed to grasp the Spirit of Paris, not only in its glorious past, but also in the recent years, with [its] complex challenges.--Frédéric Saffroy, Historian and Lawyer, University of Lille