Paris. Volume 2

The City of Love. The City of Luxury. The City of Fear. The City of Fun. A gripping story of how a small military settlement of ancient Romans on the swampy banks of the Seine miraculously turned into the City of Light—the epicenter of Western civilization. An enthralling saga of many generations of five families whose destinies, in an unusual way, became intertwined in Paris: the aristocrats tracing their lineage back to the knights of Charlemagne; the rebels who lit the fires of the Great French Revolution; the merchants who lost everything during the reign of Louis XV and then grew rich again under Napoleon; the plain folk from Montmartre who built the Eiffel Tower and robbed the wealthy near the Moulin Rouge cabaret. A novel about love, betrayal, and family secrets—the people who created Paris, the great center of world culture. This is a book for everyone who has been to Paris and fallen in love with the city. And this book is for those who are yet to go there.