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The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
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The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 Paperback - 2007

by Alistair Horne

From Alistair Horne's grand trilogy on French history-two magisterial works now back in print

In 1870, Paris was the center of Europe, the font of culture, fashion, and invention. Ten months later Paris had been broken by a long Prussian siege, its starving citizens reduced to eating dogs, cats, and rats, and France had been forced to accept the humiliating surrender terms dictated by the Iron Chancellor Bismarck. To many, the fall of Paris seemed to be the fall of civilization itself. Alistair Horne's history of the Siege and its aftermath is a tour de force of military and social history, rendered with the sweep and color of a great novel.


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From Alistair Horne's grand trilogy on French history-two magisterial works now back in print

In 1870, Paris was the center of Europe, the font of culture, fashion, and invention. Ten months later Paris had been broken by a long Prussian siege, its starving citizens reduced to eating dogs, cats, and rats, and France had been forced to accept the humiliating surrender terms dictated by the Iron Chancellor Bismarck. To many, the fall of Paris seemed to be the fall of civilization itself. Alistair Horne's history of the Siege and its aftermath is a tour de force of military and social history, rendered with the sweep and color of a great novel.

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  • Title The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
  • Author Alistair Horne
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, London
  • Date November 27, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780141030630 / 0141030631
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5.46 x 1.14 in (17.78 x 13.87 x 2.90 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects Paris (France) - History - Siege, 1870-1871, Paris (France) - History - Commune, 1871
  • Dewey Decimal Code 944.361

Media reviews

"This classic work . . . is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the civil war that still stirs the soul of France."
-Evening Standard, London

About the author

One of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.
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