The Fall of Paris
  • Published: 20 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141030630
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $44.99
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The Fall of Paris

The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

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5 Jul 2007
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20 Aug 2007
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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).
  • Published: 20 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141030630
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $44.99
Categories:

About the author

Alistair Horne

Alistair Horne is the author of eighteen previous books, including A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954—1962, The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, How Far from Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805—1815 and the official biography of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. He is a fellow at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, and lives in Oxfordshire. He was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur in 1993 and received a knighthood in 2003 for his work on French history.

Also by Alistair Horne

The Price of Glory
To Lose a Battle
A Savage War of Peace
La Belle France
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