Paris: The Novel (Audiobook) by Edward Rutherfurd, Jean Gilpin

from Schmerguls

Since I had good memories of Sarum which I read 20 Aug 1994, and of London, which I read 10 May 2008, and since I have a huge interest in French history, when I noticed this book I wanted to read it. It, in the usual Rutherfurd manner,, covers events in French history from the Middle Ages up to p...

from m.belljackson

PARIS delivers finely tuned tales of greatly evolving characters. Thomas Garcon and Eiffel are among my favorites. While enjoying many of the often too lengthy stories, the back and forth time changes gave more confusion than enlightenment - So many Rolands!

from pamjw

I love Paris, so was immediately drawn to this book. Through the intertwined stories of four very different families, it tells the history of Paris. From aristocrats with country mansions, to the building of the Eiffel Tower and the rough life in the Maquis, the struggle of Siege and the Commune,...

from AlkaF

Classic Rutherford, immersive, rich in detail, working within the arc of time he has selected with references to other milestones that impact his narrative. Background provided for the Eiffel tower, the revolution and other iconic points of reference, norms of the day and interesting characters, ...

from GarySeverance

Edward Rutherfurd's book is "The Novel" of Paris. Like Hemingway's memoir of Paris, Rutherfurd has shown Paris to be "A Moveable Feast." But, instead of presenting the life of a writer's associations with the city, he describes the history of Paris from 1261 to 1968. The real and fictional charac...