To be promoted alongside Philip Mansel's new hb: Prince of Europe An Evening Standard best-seller Long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize 'Just the kind of book I like: discursive, varied, relaxed, dealing with literature, art, theatre and social life as well as politics during a golden age when Paris was more cosmopolitan than at any time in her history' Paul Johnson, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'Philip Mansel has written both a fine history and an historical guide book that any reader who loves Paris will learn from and enjoy' Daily Mail 'An excellent, entertaining history' Spectator
Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians. His book Constantinople was described by William Dalrymple as "an impeccably researched masterpiece of exquisite historical writing". He lives in London.
This is Philip Mansel's year as we are pubishing both this paperback and hishardback PRINCE OF EUROPE. See hardback bulletin details for further information. "Philip Mansel's readable history, investigating the city's most fascinating era, vividly evokes Paris's golden age, especially the 1830 and 1848 revolutions."SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Philip Mansel records what life was like in Paris in those years with masses of wonderful detail. He has read endless diaries, memoirs and letters... a most readable book."Derwent May, THE TIMES More new
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