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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 ]
Conclave is a 2016 novel by British writer Robert Harris. [1] The book is set in the context of the death of a pope and the subsequent papal conclave to elect his successor. [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.
Robert André Edouard Baldick, FRSL (9 November 1927 – April 1972), [1] was a British scholar of French literature, writer, translator and joint editor of the Penguin Classics series with Betty Radice. He was a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Robert Menzies McAlmon (also used Robert M. McAlmon, as his signature name, March 9, 1895 – February 2, 1956) was an American writer, poet, and publisher. [1] In the 1920s, he founded in Paris the publishing house, Contact Editions , where he published Ernest Hemingway , Gertrude Stein , James Joyce and Ezra Pound .
The novel won the Walter Scott Prize (2014), [2] and the American Library in Paris Book Award (2014). [3] Anna Franco praised the book highly in a review for The Objective Standard, writing, “An Officer and a Spy is at once a compelling historical novel and a spy thriller, portraying a few people who take principled actions to save an innocent man.” [4]
Paris booksellers have sold their wares on the banks of the Seine for 450 years, but now their famous green boxes are set to be moved to allow for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent.