Twisted Tour Guide: Paris: Shocking History, Discoveries, Scandals and Vice

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Evade the Tourist Herds and Enter Into An Insider’s Paris.

Known and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of Paris. This kaleidoscope of discovery, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict framed by sheer beauty creates a vivid tapestry defining over two millenniums.

This guide transports you to the precise famous and infamous locations where history occurred. The scenes may sometimes appear ordinary, weird, but often illuminate the physical background and descriptions behind events. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true.

This Twisted Tour Guide is your alternative to conventional travel. It accommodates the restless visitor, tourist and resident seeking a unique and different perspective to traditional tourism. Paris remains one of the most beguiling, seductive and enchanting cities of the world.

Historical Events

Lady Di’s Fatal Car Wreck, Dreyfus Affair, Stock Market Crashes, Bastille Destruction, World War II Occupation, Deportations and Liberation, Panama Canal, Mississippi Bubble, Kim Kardashian Robbery, Knight Templar Grandmaster Scandals, Legion of Honor Scandal, Louis Vuitton Collaboration, May 1968 Protest, Ministry of War Bombing, Mona Lisa Theft, Burnings At The Stake, Paris Prostitution, Presidential Assassination Attempt, Sorbonne Riots, The Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre, St. Gervais Bombing, Louisiana Purchase and Witch Burnings.

Landmarks:

Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Tuileries Palace, July Column, Caveau de la Huchette, Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Rue du Chat Qui Peche, Musee de Cluny, Fountain Saint Michael, Comic Opera House, Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel, Conciergerie, Covered Shopping Arcades, Elysee Palace, Fountain du Palmier, Hotel de Ville, Les Invalides, La Victoire Synagogue, Le Centaure Sculpture, Les Halles, Louvre Colonnade and Pyramid, Maxim’s Restaurant, Moulin Rouge, Apollo on Pegasus Sculpture, St. Sulpice Church, Shakespeare and Company, Louis XVI Square, St. Elizabeth de Hongrie, St. Paul’s Church, Saint Germain L’Auxerrois Church, Knights Templar Fortress, Saint Jacques Tower, Paris Sinkholes and Catacombs, Vendome Column and Canal Saint-Martin.

Political and Historical Figures

Napoleon Bonaparte, Jim Morrison, Joan of Arc, King Louis Phillipe, Benjamin Franklin, Otto von Bismarck, Cardinal Richelieu, Diane de Poitiers. Marquis de Sade, Alfred Dreyfus, Jean The Fearless, Duke of Wellington, King Edward VII, Abbe Pierre, Empress Josephine, Desiree Clary, Eugene Poubelle, Eugene Vidocq, Francois Mitterrand, George Boulanger, Dr. Joseph Guillotin, Henry IV, Marquises of Montespan and Maintenon, Louis XIV, Jacques Necker, Louis XVI, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, General Lafayette, La Paiva, Louis Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, Madame du Barry, Marthe Hanau, Pauline Bonaparte, Queen Margot of Navarre, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and Talleyrand.

Revolutionaries

Maximilien Robespierre, Auguste Blanqui, Camille Desmoulins, Ho Chi Minh, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Karl Marx, Freidrich Engels, Count Mirabeau, Georges Danton and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon,

Literary, Visual and Performance Artists and Venues

Moliere, Emile Zola, Sarah Bernhardt, Voltaire, Honore de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Centre Pompidou, Musee D’Orsay, Brigitte Bardot, Coco Channel, Colette, Andre Chenier, Edith Piaf, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Paul Sartre, Rene Descartes, Auguste Rodin, Simone de Beauvoir, Theatre de l’Athenee, Garnier Opera House, Theatre de l’Oeuvre, Theo van Gough, Thomas Paine, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Alain Delon

Murders and Massacres:

Terrorist Rampages, Stevan Markovic, St. Michel Bridge Massacre, Ben Barka, Brahim Bouarram, Carlos The Jackal, Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Duke of Berry, Duke of Orleans, Jean Jaures and Jo Goldenberg Shooting.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BZ378ZPW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 20, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 506 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8387848506
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.86 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.14 x 9 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Twisted Tour Guides Series
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