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Haussmann, or, The distinction

Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann was the architect of modern Paris. In two decades, from 1853 to 1869, he transformed the cramped, filthy lanes of the medieval city into the airy boulevards and green parks of today. Yet there is a story that, on his deathbed, Haussmann wished to undo everything he'd built. "Would that it had died with me!" he is supposed to have said. What is the secret of the baron's last regret? To answer this question, author Paul LaFarge tells the story of a three-sided affair that pitted love against ambition and architecture against flesh, in this drama of a changing social order.

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  • "[This novel is] inspired by perhaps the greatest urbanist of modern times, Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann. In the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Paris was forever transformed by Haussmann, who, over two decades, brought to fruition many unprecedented schemes for the city of his dreams: providing clean water and public transportation for its inhabitants; creating a sewer system that was the envy of every nation in the world; and paving over the filthy, haphazard streets of medieval Paris with brilliantly lit, tree-lined boulevards and ingeniously imagined parks. But there is a story - so [this] novel begins - that in spite of all his tremendous achievements, Haussmann wished on his deathbed that all of his work be undone. The secret of the Baron's last regret lies at the heart of [this book]. This is the story of Madeleine, the foundling who grew up on the world Haussmann destroys; her adoptive father and lover, de France; and the Prefect of Paris himself, Baron Haussmann. Over time, Haussmann forms a business alliance and friendship with de France, the "demolition man"--The unsurpassed artiste demolisseur who tears down old Paris and sells its rubble as antiques to gullible customers, and proves himself to be an invaluable ally of Haussmann's grand schemes. But when de France introduces Haussmann to his adoptive daughter, Madeleine, a love affair begins that will ensnare these three for the rest of their lives.-Dust jacket."
  • "Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann was the architect of modern Paris. In two decades, from 1853 to 1869, he transformed the cramped, filthy lanes of the medieval city into the airy boulevards and green parks of today. Yet there is a story that, on his deathbed, Haussmann wished to undo everything he'd built. "Would that it had died with me!" he is supposed to have said. What is the secret of the baron's last regret? To answer this question, author Paul LaFarge tells the story of a three-sided affair that pitted love against ambition and architecture against flesh, in this drama of a changing social order."@en
  • "The story of a three-sided affair that pits love against ambition and architecture against flesh, set against the nineteenth century life of Georges Eugène Haussmann, the man who designed modern Paris."@en

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