{"product_id":"fall-of-paris","title":"Fall of Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlistair Horne's \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-71\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Glory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTo Lose a Battle \u003c\/i\u003eand tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact - on Paris, on France and on the rest of the world. People everywhere saw Paris as the centre of Europe and the hub of culture, fashion and invention. But suddenly France, not least to the disbelief of her own citizens, was gripped in the vice of the Prussian armies and forced to surrender on humiliating terms. Almost immediately Paris was convulsed by the savage self-destruction of the newly formed Socialist government, the Commune.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In this brilliant study of the Siege of Paris and its aftermath, Alistair Horne researches first-hand accounts left by official observers, private diarists and letter-writers to evoke the high drama of those ten tumultuous months and the spiritual and physical agony that Paris and the Parisians suffered as they lost the Franco-Prussian war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Compulsively readable'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'The most enthralling historical work'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the civil war that still stirs the  soul of France'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  One of Britain's greatest historians, \u003cb\u003eSir Alistair Horne, CBE\u003c\/b\u003e, is the author of a trilogy on the rivalry between France and Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Glory, The Fall of Paris \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTo Lose a Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221539737944,"sku":"9780141030630","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141030630_a2ad231c-ab07-47bb-9ee7-cf1685cc2161.jpg?v=1782792934","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fall-of-paris","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}