Title: Paris and elsewhere : selected writings /
Authors: Cobb, Richard, 1917-; Gilmour, David, 1952-
Publisher: John Murray,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Cobb, Richard,; Cobb, Richard,; Paris (France) Description and travel.; France Description and travel.
Abstract: Richard Cobb, the incomparable historian of the French Revolution, had an affinity with France that went far beyond academic interest. Divided into three parts, this book provides the best of Cobb's evocation of France.
Contents: Part I. Cobb's Paris -- Experiences of an Anglo-French historian -- Paris Xe -- Danton 71, 48 -- Itineraries -- The streets of Paris -- Part II. Angels of vision -- Pre-revolutionary Paris -- Central Paris -- The period Paris of René Clair -- Maigret's Paris -- Brassai's Paris -- Succès de vandale -- The assassination of Paris -- Part III. Impressions from elsewhere -- Ixelles -- Marseilles -- Normandy.