Paris bursts to life in the intrigue, corruption and glory of its people. Over hundreds of years, these four families are bound by forbidden loves and marriages of convenience dogged by vengeance and murderous secrets torn apart by the irreconcilable differences of birth and faith, and brought together by the tumultuous history of their city. More richly detailed, more thrilling, and more romantic then anything Rutherfurd has written before, Paris: The Novel wonderfully illuminates hundreds of years in the City of Light and Love and brings the sights, scents, and tastes of Paris to sumptuous life.Inspired by the haunting, passionate story of the city of lights, this epic novel weaves a gripping tale of four families across the centuries: from the lies that spawn the noble line of de Cygne to the revolutionary Le Sourds who seek their destruction from the Blanchards whose bourgeois respectability offers scant protection against scandal to the hard-working Gascons and their soaring ambitions. With his unrivaled blend of impeccable research and narrative verve, Rutherfurd weaves an extraordinary narrative tapestry that captures all the glory of Paris. Moving back and forth in time across centuries, the story unfolds through intimate and vivid tales of self-discovery, divided loyalties, passion, and long-kept secrets of characters both fictional and real, all set against the backdrop of the glorious city-from the building of Notre Dame to the dangerous machinations of Cardinal Richlieu from the glittering court of Versailles to the violence of the French Revolution and the Paris Commune from the hedonism of the Belle Époque, the heyday of the impressionists, to the tragedy of the First World War from the 1920s when the writers of the Lost Generation could be found drinking at Les Deux Magots to the Nazi occupation, the heroic efforts of the French Resistance, and the 1968 student revolt. In this breathtaking saga of love, war, art, and intrigue, Rutherfurd has set his sights on the most magnificent city in the world: Paris.

Internationally bestselling author Edward Rutherfurd has enchanted millions of readers with his sweeping, multigenerational dramas that illuminate the great achievements and travails throughout history. From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling, epic portrait of the City of Light

Paris by edward rutherfurd