Charts the extraordinary events that beset Paris at the close of the Second Empire. It also paints a richly detailed picture of life in Paris - castigated by mo... » 

Charts the extraordinary events that beset Paris at the close of the Second Empire. It also paints a richly detailed picture of life in Paris - castigated by moralists for its licentiousness - from its palaces, theatres, hotels and department stores to its prisons, hospitals and back-street dives. «