The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

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Author: Alistair Horne
Binding: Hardback
Published: Macmillan, 1965

Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Aging or marking
Markings: No markings

In this brilliant study of the Siege and its aftermath, Alistair Horne evokes the high drama of those ten fantastic months and the spiritual agony which Paris and the Parisians suffered. The work begins with the last halcyon days of Napoleon III's Second French Empire, goes through the cataclysmic defeats in 1870, and continues the drama of the great siege when for four long months Paris held out against the Germans.

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Author: Alistair Horne
Binding: Hardback
Published: Macmillan, 1965

Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Aging or marking
Markings: No markings

In this brilliant study of the Siege and its aftermath, Alistair Horne evokes the high drama of those ten fantastic months and the spiritual agony which Paris and the Parisians suffered. The work begins with the last halcyon days of Napoleon III's Second French Empire, goes through the cataclysmic defeats in 1870, and continues the drama of the great siege when for four long months Paris held out against the Germans.