RaveThe New York Times Book Review\"Witty, learned and informative at lightning speed (the author does the Commune in about 16 pages), Rupert Christiansen’s City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris offers the fascinating story of a metamorphosis ... Christiansen enhances his lively account of this transformative era with a bibliography for further reading, as well as wonderful photographs and period illustrations throughout ... this little book will make you want to walk the expansive elegance of Paris, as well as its back streets, from one end to the other, seeking out French history in the sites it brings so vividly to life.\
