{"product_id":"city-of-light-city-of-mike-rapport-9781541647497","title":"City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque","description":"\u003cb\u003eA top historian offers a new history of Paris's Belle Époque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be French\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the wrought ironwork of the Eiffel Tower to the flourishing art nouveau movement, the Belle Époque is remembered as a golden age for Parisian culture. Beneath the veneer of elegance, however, fin de siècle Paris was a city at war with itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCity of Light, City of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Rapport uncovers a Paris riven by social anxieties and plagued by overlapping epidemics of poverty, political extremism, and anti-Semitism. As the Sacré-Coeur and Eiffel Tower rose into the skies, redefining architecture and the Paris skyline, Paris's slums were plagued by disease and gang violence. The era, now remembered as a high point of French art and culture, was also an age of intense political violence, including anarchist bombings, organized right-wing mobs, and assassinations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together these stories of splendor and suffering with the fabric of the city itself, the book offers a brilliant account of Paris's Belle Époque--revealing the darkness that suffused the City of Light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Rapport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541647491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541647497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Mike Rapport","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44756584661247,"sku":"9781541647497","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c398f2ef-2645-4b22-95c0-20f6af4a1f08.jpg?v=1706593358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-light-city-of-mike-rapport-9781541647497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}