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Rupert Christiansen is the opera critic and arts columnist for the Daily Telegraph. His books include Tales of the New Babylon: Paris in the Mid-19th Century and Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age 1780-1830. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.
'It is attention to such detail that makes this witty, erudite historical essay on Paris's Haussmann years such an evocative read' The Spectator. 'A beautiful little book ... A fascinating history of the time with many photographs and paintings' Four Shires Magazine. 'Christiansen's brisk and lively account contains excursions into the qualities of the Paris Opera House (not part of Haussmann's plan) and late nineteenth-century French political history, but remains both learned and amusing' Tablet. 'The photographs included in Christiansen's beautifully illustrated book [...] make all this vivid, as does his lively telling of the story ... Christiansen's account is readable and engaging. He doesn't judge his subject' The Oldie. 'A beautifully produced compact book, written and put together with the rare combination of expertise and love' Engineering and Technology Magazine. '[An] elegant and gorgeously illustrated new book' Sunday Telegraph. 'Vivid, dramatic and tragic ... If you are heading for Paris this summer be sure to put City of Light in your bag' Sunday Times. 'A sparkling yet scholarly new book' Country Life. 'Every page is a pleasure, every building, every gas lamp brought shimmering to life ... Don't board the Eurostar without a copy' The Times. 'Brisk, vivid and unexpectedly stirring ... No one writes as evocatively and entertainingly about Paris as [Christiansen] does' Mail on Sunday. 'A wonderful book, amazingly vivid ... But also a truly original work of scholarship' Theodore Zeldin. 'This really is an impressive book' Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Telegraph.
