Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light, Mary McAuliffe, c. 2023.
This really is a phenomenal book. Hardcover: around $25.
Twenty chapters. Each chapter is relatively short and covers one "area" of Paris.
Chapter Eight
An Imperious Queen
In bold, this chapter:
- Jardin du Luxembourg
- Medici Fountain
- 1 Rue du Bac
- Church of Saint-Joseph-des-Carmens
- Jardin des Carmes
- Cherche-Midi Prison -- Capt Alfred Dreyfus
- Théâtre de l'Odéon
- 27 Rue de Fleurus -- Gertrude Stein -- Shakespeare and Company
Chapter Nine
Montmartre
Picasso arrived in 1900; called it a "real village."
The real Bohemian section of Paris.
Farmers-General Wall, torn down by Baron Georges Haussmann, mid-19th century.
Tax collectors: "harvesting import taxes" -- called "farmers" for that reason.
In bold, this chapter:
- Sacré-Coeur
- Square Louise-Michel
- Square NadarSquare Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet
- Musée de Montmartre
- Jardin Sauvage Saint-Vincent
- Le Lapin Agile
- Le Chat Noir
- Square Joël Le Tac
- Allée des Brouillards
- Place Casadesus
- Square Suzanne Buisson
- Saint Denis
- Place Marcel-Aymé
- Le Mouli Blute-Fin
- Le Moulin Radet
- Le Moulin de la Galette
- Beau-Lavoir
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