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Title: Walks Through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris by Diana Reid Haig ISBN: 1-892145-25-1 Publisher: Little Bookroom Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful blend of words and art....
Comment: Diana Reid Haig's beautiful, well researched book is invaluable on two levels; as a work of art and as a practical walking guide. Walks Through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris will interest Francophiles as well as those who love history and art. This extremely readable history of Napoleon and Josephine chronicles the rise and fall of the doomed couple--a history which is also inexorably linked with the history of France and the French Revolution.
A blend of words and art, Haig's book is wonderful to page through, but is also a great read. I recommend this work to both armchair travelers and frequent visitors to Paris. This book is a brilliant new way to see and enjoy Paris.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating and useful: a delightful book!
Comment: Diana Reid Haig has produced a delightful book that is at once fascinating and useful. She tells short anecdotal stories of Napoleon and Josephine and their times while showing us beautiful photographs of the places they would have known and then showing us how to find them. No one who is interested in Napoleon should ever visit Paris without consulting this book, and even those who will never set foot on the Champs-Élysées will enjoy thumbing through its pages and reading Haig's well-written little vignettes of one of history's most famous love stories.
The book is organized into four "walks," which generally correspond to Napoleon's early career and meeting of Josephine, life as First Consul, the coronation, and the return of Napoleon's body in 1840. To these she adds a tour of Fontainebleau and Malmaison, two places where Napoleon and Josephine lived. Each walk comes with a map that clearly shows the major places she discusses as well as shops and other areas of interest. The maps are easy to follow and a dotted line traces her suggested route. A map of Paris showing where in the greater scheme of things these maps fit would have been useful, but any visit to Paris will be enhanced by this book.
One of Haig's most endearing qualities as a writer is her ability to provide interesting and useful information in a way that both informs and entertains. Throughout her book we hear of some of the standard discussions of Napoleon and Josephine, such as her affair and their near breakup after his Egyptian campaign. But we also are given brief glimpses into their daily lives and their relationship with the buildings that we can see on her tours. Haig also includes interesting "side boxes" on topics the basics of which are common knowledge but the unknown details of which can be quite interesting. For example, we all know of Napoleon's famous hat, but from Haig we learn that he ordered four a year as First Consul and later had at least fifty ordered from his hatter, Poupard, who charged exorbitant rates. Indeed, Haig presents enough interesting history that a scholarly reader is left wishing she had provided references.
This wonderful little book is like none other that I have seen. It is beautifully produced and well written. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in seeing and understanding Napoleon and Josephine's Paris.
J. David Markham, Author
Napoleon's Road to Glory: Triumphs, Defeats and Immortality
Imperial Glory: The Bulletins of Napoleon's Grande Armée
Rating: 5
Summary: Walks through Napoleon and Josepines Paris
Comment: An excellent book with a different perspective. It is not only well written but beautifully printed and bound. A joy to read and to walk in the very steps of these two historic and romantic personalities. Take it along on your next trip to Paris.Floyd McRae, Napoleonic Alliance, International Napoleonic Society.
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Title: The Impressionists' Paris: Walking Tours of the Painters' Studios, Homes, and the Sites They Painted by Ellen Williams ISBN: 0964126222 Publisher: Little Bookroom Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Napoleon : The Immortal Emperor by David Chanteranne, Gerard Gengembre, Pierre-Jean Chalencon ISBN: 0865652333 Publisher: Vendome Press Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City by Ellen Williams ISBN: 0964126273 Publisher: Little Bookroom Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine by Andrea Stuart ISBN: 0802117708 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Walking Paris : Thirty Original Walks In and Around Paris by Gilles Desmons ISBN: 0844201413 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 11 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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