City of Light, City of Shadows

A fascinating, multi-layered panorama of the evolution of the French capital at a key period in its history * Jonathan Fenby, author of The History of Modern France * Mike Rapport is a historian with the rare ability to engage his reader both on the level of local detail and of sweeping narrative. City of Light, City of Shadows had me spellbound * Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse and Art Monsters * In this book which fizzes with all the energy of Belle Epoque Paris, Rapport conveys superbly the conflicts, tension and anxieties undelay the glittering spectacle of Parisian modernity. His narrative is brilliantly anchored in the spaces and places of the city. For lovers of Paris the book should become an indispensable accompaniment to any future visit to the city * Julian Jackson, author of A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle * An authoritative work... A strikingly rendered portrait of the era's fervent belief in progress * Kirkus Reviews *