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Informationen zum Autor Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has taught at several universities, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, the Barnes Foundation, and the Frick Pittsburgh. She has traveled extensively in France, and for many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. Her books include Clash of Crowns, Dawn of the Belle Epoque, Twilight of the Belle Epoque, When Paris Sizzled, and Paris on the Brink. She lives in New York City with her husband. Klappentext McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not well in this world, underscored by ominous drumbeat of the approaching Great War—a cataclysm that would brutally bring the Belle Epoque to its close. Zusammenfassung McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not well in this world, underscored by ominous drumbeat of the approaching Great War—a cataclysm that would brutally bring the Belle Epoque to its close. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Enter the King (1900) Chapter 2: Bohemia on the Seine (1900) Chapter 3: Death of a Queen (1901) Chapter 4: Dreams and Reality (1902) Chapter 5: Arrivals and Departures (1903) Chapter 6: Alliances and Misalliances (1904) Chapter 7: Wild Beasts (1905) Chapter 8: La Valse (1906) Chapter 9: Winds of Change (1907) Chapter 10: Unfinished Business (1908) Chapter 11: Idyll (1909) Chapter 12: Deep Waters (1910) Chapter 13: Between Heaven and Hell (1911) Chapter 14: Dancing on the Edge (1912) Chapter 15: Fireworks (1913) Chapter 16: "Dear France, dear country" (1914) Chapter 17: "This war which never ends" (1914-1915) Chapter 18: "Ils ne passeront pas" (1916) Chapter 19: Dark Days (1917) Chapter 20: Finale (1918) Bibliography ...
