Paris Discovered
Explorations in the City of Light
Mary McAuliffe

Table of Contents

 

Map of Paris and Key

 

Preface

A Cathedral for the Ages

Time Traveling

Paris Y1K
Abélard and Héloïse
Pathways to the Past

Cascades and Currents

Lost River
Enchanted Canal
The King's Water Machine

Small Treasures

The Oldest House in Paris
Hidden Chapel
Those Bad Beaumont Boys

Walls and Wars

Walls of Paris
The Maid of Orléans
Fearless Jean's Tower

Royal Affairs

The Headless Saint
Town and Crown
A Difficult Queen
Royal Mysteries

Movers and Shakers

Henri le Grand
Litte Giant

Stars

The Divine Miss B
Mucha's Maidens 134
Prelude to Chopin
Victor Hugo's Legacy

First Impressions

Cradle of Impressionism
Forgotten Impressionist
The Great Art Heist

Another Revolution

From Laundry Boat to Beehive
Gertrude Stein and Company
A Sculptor's Muse

Resistance

The Few and the Daring

Peace on Earth

In Zadkine's Garden
Nagasaki Angel
A University for Peace

Jazz Age

American Princess
Ox on the Roof
An American in Paris

Time Out

Lilac Café
Ice Cream Heaven
Flower Bowers

Walking, Running, Shopping

Viaduc des Arts
Promenade Plantée
Pen Ultimate
Village Saint-Paul
Marathon

Down Below

Passy Cemetery
Down a Hidden Staircase

Hands Across the Sea

Paris, 9/11
Statues of Liberty
Founding Fathers

Index

 


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