The Most Beautiful Walk in the WorldAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Tuesday 24 May 2011
Description
“Splendid... Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation.” –Boston Globe
“Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for them.” –USA Today
In this enchanting national bestseller, acclaimed author and long-time expat Paris resident John Baxter draws on his experience guiding "literary walking tours" through the city to proved a delightful walkers guide to Frances capital. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Pariss legendary artists and writers of the past. Along the way, he tells the history of Paris through a brilliant cast of characters: the favorite cafés of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce; Pablo Picassos underground Montmartre haunts; the bustling boulevards of the late-nineteenth-century flâneurs; the secluded "Little Luxembourg" gardens beloved by Gertrude Stein; the alleys where revolutionaries plotted; and finally Baxters own favorite walk near his home in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
You may also like ...
by
Hardback
27 Jun 2024
Social and cultural history
€23.39
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
01 Aug 2023
European history
€19.88
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
23 Nov 2021
Biography: writers
€37.44
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
01 Aug 2017
Travel writing
€19.88
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews