The Fall of Paris

The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

Alistair Horne

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Penguin
20 August 2007

At last Horne's great trilogy of works on French history are published together.

The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact - on Paris, on France and on the rest of the world. People everywhere saw Paris as the centre of Europe and the hub of culture, fashion and invention. Suddenly France, not least to the disbelief of her own citizens, was gripped in the vice of the Iron Chancellor's armies and forced to surrender on humiliating terms. 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 Fall of Paris is the first part of the trilogy including To Lose a Battle and The Price of Glory (already available in Penguin).

By: Alistair Horne
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9780141030630
ISBN 10: 0141030631
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 20 August 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

One of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.

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

This classic work . . . is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the civil war that still stirs the soul of France. <br> - Evening Standard , London