Untold Paris

John Baxter was born in Australia but has lived in Paris for the past 30 years. He has published biographies of Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas and Robert De Niro, as well many books about life in France, including the classic The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris and the award-winning The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France. When not writing, John leads literary walking tours of Paris.

• Introduction ART AND CULTURECaf.s and Literature Buskers, Beggars and Mimes Jean-Luc Godard and La Nouvelle Vague Art Nouveau The Op.ra and Its Phantom No Direction Home Art in the Air Hot or Not? Surrealism Death and Resurrection The 1962 Malraux Law Eiffel and His Monument Belgian Blocks and Haussmann Cobbles FOOD AND DRINKSnails The Ortolan The Art of French Pastry The Rise of Le Cocktail Bread and History Who Invented Chocolate? The Yearly Race Waiters and Waiting HISTORYThe History of Bastille Day Duelling and Duellists The 1871 Commune Domestic Labour and La Femme de M.nage The 1924 Olympics Raymond and Isadora Duncan The Teller or the Tale? The German Occupation 1968 and Its Evenements Brits and Royals in Paris IN THE SHADOWSOpium The Pissoir and Dames Pipis The Secret Citizens Crime in Post-War Paris Some Murderers The Girl in the Champagne Bath Exploring Paris After Dark WAYS OF LIFEParisians and Their Pools The French and Funerals The Fight for Metrication To Tip or Not to Tip? Going, Going, Gone… Roland Garros and the Red Game Learning to Love the M.tro The French and NaturismThe French Game French vs English Dogs, and What They Leave Behind Index About the author

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