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Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree That Gripped Belle Époque Paris
By Merriman, John
- ISBN
- 9781568589886 9781568589893
- Publisher
- Nation: Perseus
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Reviewed on September 1, 2017 | social sciences
The ever-churning machine of Parisian society was at an extraordinary point before World War I. Art, music, and literature experienced a transformation via the works of visionaries such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Debussy, and Marcel Proust. Electricity buzzed throughout the city. This was Belle Époque—a so-called beautiful era of peace, hope, prosperity, and renaissance, marked by technological and scientific advances that promised a bright and exciting fut...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
