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The Louvre : the many lives of the world's most famous museum / by Gardner, James,1960-author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index."Some nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of that place and of the buildings themselves-a fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles in the first full-length history of the Louvre in English. More than 7,000 years ago, men and women camped on a spot called le Louvre for reasons unknown; a clay quarry and a vineyard supported a society there in the first centuries AD. A thousand years later, King Philippe Auguste of France constructed a fortress there in 1191, just outside the walls of a city far smaller than the Paris we know today. Intended to protect the capital against English soldiers stationed in Normandy, the fortress became a royal palace under Charles V two centuries later, and then the monarchy's principal residence under the great Renaissance king François I in 1546. It remained so until 1682, when Louis XIV moved his entire court to Versailles. Thereafter the fortunes of the Louvre languished until the tumultuous days of the French Revolution when, during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it first opened its doors to display the nation's treasures. Ever since-through the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the present-the Louvre has been a witness to French history, and expanded to become home to a legendary collection, including such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, whose often-complicated and mysterious origins enliven a colorful narrative that rivals the building's grand stature"--; Subjects: Musée du Louvre; Louvre (Paris, France);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The Paris daughter [sound recording] / by Harmel, Kristin,author,narrator.; Maby, Madeleine,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;: Read by Kristin Harmel, Madeleine Maby."A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"--; Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The Paris wife : a novel / by McLain, Paula.;: Includes bibliographical references.; Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961; Mowrer, Hadley Hemingway, 1891-; Authors' spouses; Authors, American; Expatriate authors;; © c2011., Doubleday Canada,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The secret pianist / by Newton, Andie,author.;: When a British RAF Whitley plane comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo, a spy messenger pigeon finds its way into unlikely hands. The occupation has taken much from the Cotillard sisters, and as the Germans increase their forces in the seaside town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Gabriella, Martine and Simone can't escape the feeling that the walls are closing in. Yet, just as they should be trying to stay under the radar, Martine's discovery of a British messenger pigeon leads them down a new and dangerous path. Gaby would do anything to protect her sisters but when the pianist is forced to teach the step-daughter of a German Commandant, and the town accuses the Cotillards of becoming 'Bad French' and in allegiance with the enemy, she realizes they have to take the opportunity to fight back that has been handed to them. Now, as the sisters' secrets wing their way to an unknown contact in London, Gaby, Martine and Simone have to wonder - have they opened a lifeline, or sealed their fate?; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Homing pigeons; Pianists; Sisters; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The grave gourmet / by Campion, Alexander.;: LSC; Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Policewomen; Police; Murder; Executives; Restaurateurs; Gastronomy; Restaurants;; © [2011], c2010., Kensington Pub.,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Au revoir Liverpool / by Lee, Maureen.;: LSC; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Abandoned wives; Adultery; English; World War, 1939-1945;; © 2011., Orion Books,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The Paris deception / by Turnbull, Bryn,author.;: Sophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume museum under the supervision of the ERR, a German art commission using the museum as a repository for art they've looted from Jewish families. Fabienne Brandt was a rising star in the Parisian bohemian arts movement until the Nazis put a stop to so-called "degenerate" modern art. Still mourning the loss of her firebrand husband, she's resolved to muddle her way through the occupation in whatever way she can, until her estranged sister-in-law, Sophie, arrives at her door with a stolen painting in hand. Soon the two women embark upon a plan to save Paris's "degenerates," working beneath the noses of Germany's top art connoisseurs to replace the paintings in the Jeu de Paume with skillful forgeries, but how long can Sophie and Fabienne sustain their masterful illusion?; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art thefts; Art; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Cursed bread : a novel / by Mackintosh, Sophie,author.;: "From the Man Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that centers on the real unsolved mystery of the 1951 mass poisoning of a French village. Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population. In that town lived a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town, the forceful ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet, Elodie was quickly drawn into their orbit. Thus began a dangerous game of cat and mouse - but who was the predator and on whom did they prey? Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes"--; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Poisoning; Small cities; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The committed / by Nguyen, Viet Thanh,1971-author.;: "The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who frequent dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds not just stimulation for his mind but also customers for his merchandise-but the new life he is making has dangers he has not foreseen. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters"--; Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Boat people; Refugees; Drug traffic; Racism; Intellectuals;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI

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