In the mid-nineteenth century, the Paris we know today was born, the vision of two extraordinary men: the endlessly ambitious Emperor Napoléon III and his unstoppable accomplice, Baron Haussmann. This is the vivid and engrossing account of the greatest transformation of a major city in modern history.

In the 19th century Paris was the place to be for entertainment and for anyone seeking pleasure of all kinds. The city was a non-stop party under the reign of Napoleon III which paved the way for the rise of the courtesan, à type of kept woman who used her wiles and all of her natural assets to attract wealthy lovers.

17th century Paris was a far cry from the city we know today. It was a dark and dirty place with poor hygiene and squalid living conditions. Thieves and scoundrels were on every corner ready to rob you or con you in one way or another, and scheming relatives were out to kill you in what is infamously known as the Affair of the Poisons. In City of Light, City of Poison, Holly Tucker brings us into the heart of the scandal, deception, murder, and intrigue that plagued Louis XIV's court.

More than a legend, Francoise Sagan was a phenomenon. Written at the request of Sagan’s son Denis Westhoff, this tender account marks the 60th anniversary of the explosion like a bomb on the French publishing scene of “Bonjour Tristesse”, plummeting its 18 year old author to instant success.

In Roth’s all too brief career from 1921-1939 he established himself as the greatest newspaper correspondent of his age. The great journalist Joseph Roth delivers crisp love letters to Paris.  In Roth’s all too brief career from 1921-1939 he established himself as the greatest newspaper correspondent of his age.His reports from and about Weimar Berlin (1921-1933),