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Paris is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd published in 2013, which charts the history of Paris from 1261 to 1968. The novel follows six core families [1] set in locales such as Montmartre, Notre Dame and Boulevard Saint-Germain. [2] It includes a map of old Paris. [3] Later titled Paris: A Novel. [4]
Trilby is a sensation novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Published serially in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from January to August 1894, it was published in book form on 8 September 1894 and sold 200,000 copies in the United States alone. [1] Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris.
Mariana (Dickens novel) Marjorie Morningstar (novel) The Mark of the Angel; A Marriage Below Zero; The Mask of Dimitrios (novel) Memoirs of the Twentieth Century; The Merry Month of May (novel) The Metropolis Case; Les Misérables; Missing Person (novel) Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris; Mitsou (novella) A Moment of True Feeling; Monsieur Pain; The ...
The first novel, Tempête en juin (Storm in June) depicts the flight of citizens from Paris in the hours preceding the German advance and in the days following it. The second, Dolce ( Sweet ), shows life in a small French country town, Bussy (in the suburbs just east of Paris), in the first, strangely peaceful, months of the German occupation.
Jean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942, Marseille – 3 June 1995, Paris [1]) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of that period.
The Paris Architect is a 2013 novel by Charles Belfoure and the author's debut in fiction writing. Published by Sourcebooks Landmark, it follows the story of French architect Lucien Bernard, who is paid to create temporary hiding places for Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris. The book reached The New York Times best seller list in July 2015.
Paris France is a memoir written by Gertrude Stein and published in 1940 on the day that Paris fell to Germany during World War II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book blends Stein's childhood memories with a commentary on French people and culture.
The Paris Apartment received positive reviews in USA Today, [3] Paste, [4] and Publishers Weekly. [1] A review published in The Independent praised the novel's fast pace, but noted that avid fans of the mystery genre may find the ending predictable. [5] It was a Book of the Month selection by author Ashley Audrain. [6]