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