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Author: David I Harvie Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752495054 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 141
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Presenting the story of Gustave Eiffel, this book examines the conception, and controversial construction of the tower that bears his name, one of the most famous tall buildings in the world. Just at the point of his greatest success, he signed contracts for the project which was to bring scandal on his name - the Panama Canal.
Author: Jill Jonnes Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101052511 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 412
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The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.
Author: Henri Loyrette Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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A history of the Eiffel Tower and the civil engineer/architect who built it. This work also covers the tower's influence on society and its impact on architecture, engineering, the arts, etc.
Author: Adrien Goetz Publisher: New Vessel Press ISBN: 1939931819 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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"Terrific."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes and Letters to Camondo "Makes you want to travel, do somersaults and stretches, drink champagne in evening dress, read, think ... Intoxicating."—Publishers Weekly Along the French Riviera in the early 1900s, an illustrious family in thrall to classical antiquity builds a fabulous villa—a replica of a Greek palace, complete with marble columns and frescoes depicting mythological gods. The Reinachs--related to other wealthy Jews like the Rothschilds and the Ephrussis—attempt to recreate a "pure beauty" lost in the 20th century. The narrator of this brilliant novel calls the imposing house an act of delirium, "proof that one could travel back in time, just like resetting a clock, and resist the outside world." The story of the villa and its glamorous inhabitants is recounted by the son of a servant from the nearby estate of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Paris tower, and the two contrasting structures present opposite responses to modernity. The son is adopted by the Reinachs, initiated into the era of Socrates and instructed in classical Greek. He joins a family pilgrimage to Athens, falls in love with a married woman, and survives the Nazi confiscation of the house and deportation to death camps of Reinach grandchildren. This is a Greek epic for the modern era.
Author: Catherine Condie Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1447845846 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 126
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While on an exchange visit to Paris, a young teenager becomes an unexpected witness to a drugs raid. English exchange student Lily holds the key to a serious crime incident at the local Bar Tabac. Making her escape, she heads for the banks of the Seine. But now she's not sure why and from whom she is running . . .
Author: Jerome Miller Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595188524 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 270
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This a saga, not just a story, about a heroic young woman who survives degradation, servitude and humiliation due to circumstances beyond her control. How she endures and eventually triumphs with perseverance is a tribute to her courage and strength.
Author: Alice Brière-Haquet
Author: Alice Brière-Haquet
Author: David I Harvie
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Author: Jill Jonnes
Author: Henri Loyrette
Author: Adrien Goetz
Author: Catherine Condie
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Author: Jerome Miller
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