"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be...(展开全部)

鲁伯特·克里斯琴（Rupert Christiansen） 曾就读于剑桥大学和哥伦比亚大学，并成为富布赖特学者。他是《每日电讯报》的歌剧评论家和《星期日邮报》的舞蹈评论家，同时也为多家美国、英国期刊杂志撰稿，其中包括：《旁 观者》杂志，《哈勃斯奎因》杂志，《名利场》，《泰晤士报文学增刊》，《文学评论》。他还是《欧普拉》杂志的编委会成员。

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original… makes us see [Paris] in a different light.” -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an un...(展开全部)

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original… makes us see [Paris] in a different light.” -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an un...(展开全部)

The Hangman of Paris is set in France around the time of the Revolution and centers on Charles-Henri de Sanson, the country's most famous hangman. Born into a family of executioners, young Sanson was not given a choice. He wantd to study medicine and learn how to cure people, but his family demanded that he follow in his father's foosteps—killng, not healing. Sanson becomes a v...(展开全部)

Part of Emile Zola’s multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil’s Island. Returning to his native Paris, Florent finds a city he barely recognizes, with its working classes displaced to make way for broad boulevards and bourgeois flats. Living with his brother’s family in th...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 罗斯·金(Ross King，1962—)，加拿大学者、畅销书作家，长期在欧洲和北美讲学。著有《莱昂纳多和最后的晚餐》、《米开朗琪罗与教皇的天花板》、《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》（《圆顶的故事》）、《帕里斯的裁判》、《马基雅维利：权力的哲学家》及两本小说《藏书票》和《多米诺》。 【译者简介】 冯璇，北京外国语大学英语学院毕业，曾在出版社从事版权工作，现在专门从事翻译工作，已经翻译出版了《郁金香热》、《美第奇家族的兴衰》、《安第斯山脉的生与死》、《印加帝国的末日》、《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》、《皮毛、财富和帝国》、《利维坦：美国捕鲸史》等作品。

The new murder mystery thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller Lucy Foley Welcome to No.12 Rue des Amants A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. Where nothing goes unseen. And everyone has a story to unlock. The watchful concierge The scorned lover The prying journalist The naïve student T...(展开全部)

Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the ...(展开全部)

A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her life changes forever. Followi...(展开全部)