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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]
The same description of the novel is found in Desmond Morris's reference work The Book of Ages. [4] A survey of books for women's studies courses describes it as a "tongue-in-cheek erotic novel". [5] Books focused on the history of erotic literature such as Michael Perkins' The Secret Record: Modern Erotic Literature also so classify Lolita. [6]
Though Trilby features the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. Trilby O'Ferrall, the novel's heroine, is a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artist's model and laundress; all the men in the novel are in love with her.
The first and third sections of the novel, both called "The Present," detail what happens in the house throughout the day. The middle section of the book ("The Past") is an imagined chronicle of part of the life of Leopold's mother, Karen Michaelis, revealing the background to the events that occur in Mme Fisher's home on the day.
The Paris Apartment is a mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The novel is set in Paris, and follows a young woman named Jess who investigates the disappearance of her half-brother, Ben. It was published in February 2022 by William Morrow and Company, an imprint of HarperCollins, [1] and was a New York Times bestseller. [2]
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.
A second U.S. withdrawal from the world's primary climate pact will have a bigger impact - in the U.S. and globally - than the country's first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters.
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