The Stones of Paris in History and Letters (Vol. 1&2‪)‬

The Stones of Paris in History and Letters is a two volume study on the city of Paris written by Benjamin Ellis Martin and Charlotte M. Martin. Through the numerous chapters regarding some of the most famous French authors and artists the Martins portray the painting of the French capital going deeper in its soul and showing something more than a city of shows or a huge bazaar.

Table of Contents:

Volume 1:

Three Time-worn Staircases

The Scholars' Quarter of the Middle Ages

Molière and his Friends

From Voltaire to Beaumarchais

The Paris of the Revolution

Volume 2:

The Southern Bank in the Nineteenth Century

The Paris of Honoré de Balzac

The Paris of Alexandre Dumas

The Paris of Victor Hugo

The Making of the Marais

The Women of the Marais