Paris is celebrated for ITS effortless elegance, romance and style. Shown here in all its arresting beauty, from the magnificent Notre-Dame and the unmissable Louvre, to the artistic backstreets of Montmartre and food shops on the Place de Madeleine, the grace of Paris is revealed through its iconic landmarks and hidden treasures.

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Michael Kerrigan (author) has written on the history, mythology, arts and culture of many different countries, from India to Ireland and from Mongolia to Peru. His abridgements of The Journals of Lewis and Clark (2004) and Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle: The Journals that Revealed Nature’s Grand Plan (2005) presented the explorers’ own journals, in their own words, for modern readers. More recently he has been author of Best-kept Secrets of Paris (2012), Undiscovered Wales (2015) and A Dark History of China (2019). A longstanding contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, he lives with his family in Edinburgh.

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Paris is celebrated for its effortless elegance, romance and style. Shown here in all its arresting beauty, from the magnificent Notre-Dame and the unmissable Louvre, to the artistic backstreets of Montmartre and food shops on the Place de Madeleine, the grace of Paris is revealed through its iconic landmarks and hidden treasures.