{"product_id":"paris-a-short-history-paperback","title":"Paris: A Short History (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis has long been celebrated as a place of style, wit and sensuality. In this deft and broad-ranging narrative, Jeremy Black demonstrates that the history of Paris is about more than a city: it is the history of a culture, a society and a state that has impacted the rest of the world through centuries of changing fortunes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack explores how a humble Gallic capital grew into a flourishing medieval city full of spectacular palaces and cathedrals. He depicts the opulent courts of Louis XIV and XV and the Revolution that tore French society apart; the Belle Époque and the destruction of World Wars I and II, leading us on to the Paris of today: one of the most iconic cities in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeremy Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45339835891890,"sku":"9780500297438","price":380.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780500297438.jpg?v=1744789148","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/paris-a-short-history-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}