Torn between the pursuit of pleasure and the desire for revolution, Paris between the fall of Napoleon I and the rise of Napoleon III was the political,...
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Torn between the pursuit of pleasure and the desire for revolution, Paris between the fall of Napoleon I and the rise of Napoleon III was the political, cultural and sexual capital of Europe. Investigating every aspect of the city's most fascinating era, Philip Mansel's history is a brilliant evocation of Paris's golden age.