Hermes in Paris
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780720611069
Subjects: Modern fiction; Napoleon; France; Fantasy - Historical; Fiction - Fantasy; III,; Fiction; History; Hermes (Greek deity); Emperor of the French,; Historical - General; 1808-1873; 1848-1870
Description: Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, likes to return to Earth now and again. He chooses to do so in Paris at the time of Napoleon III, a time of great frivolity and instability. Here he decides to play the most explosive practical joke in the world's history.