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Books : Paris by Metro: An Underground HistoryIn association with Amazon.comby: Arnold Delaney  List Price: $12.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.01 You Save: $1.94 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 388.4280944361 EAN: 9781566566469 ISBN: 1566566460 Label: Interlink Manufacturer: Interlink Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 70 Publication Date: April 30, 2006 Publisher: Interlink Studio: Interlink Sales Rank: 538064 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: What was the original name of the Place de la Concorde? Why was the Tuileries palace so called and when was it destroyed? Who built the Palais Royal? Find the answers to these questions and many others in this fascinating new book, which gives you the history behind the names of all the Metro stations in Paris. Arnold Delaney's text is full of illuminating insights into hidden corners of the history of the world's most elegant city. The text is complemented by color photography that takes a slightly idiosyncratic look at the city as well as giving a taste of the quintessential design and feel of the Metro system. "Not only travelers but Parisians will have the Paris Metro explained by perusing this book in ways they never have before... An absolutely essential guide to really knowing Paris." -Robert Cole author of A Traveller's History of Paris Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very small book with snippets of triviaI should have paid more attention to the product description and noted how many (or few) pages were in this book. I thought perhaps it might be a fascinating in-depth study of the Paris subway system, similar to Chrisian Wolmar's excellent "The Subterranean Railway" (about the London underground). I was wrong. It's a very thin hardback in which the author gives short (usually 1 paragraph) stories of how each Metro station got its name. The book is organized by the numbers of the subway lines, ... Read More Rating:  - Loaded With Trivia, But Not TrivialDelaney's Paris By Metro is nothing short of an etymological delight! The book has a brief description of EVERY Paris Metro station and although it checks in at only about 70 pages it is loaded with information. I've been to Paris several times and using the Metro is always one of my favorite experiences. I've caught myself on more than one occasion wondering from where these strange and foreign names for the stations were derived. Chemin Vert, Oberkampf, Varenne, and a host of others ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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