Metro Stop Paris

A history of Paris in twelve m tro stops.

"M tro Stop Paris" recounts the extraordinary and colorful history of the City of Light, by way of twelve M tro stops-a voyage across both space and time. At each stop a Parisian building, or street, or tomb or landmark sparks a story that holds particular significance for that area of the city.

Dallas takes us to the jazz cellars and literary caf?'s of Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Pr s; the catacombs at Hell's Gate; and the Op ra during the days of Claude Debussy. A darker side of Paris emerges at the Trocad ro stop and a charitable side at the Gare du Nord, which highlights the work of Saint Vincent de Paul. Finally, our journey ends at P re-Lachaise cemetery with the little-known story of Oscar Wilde's curious involvement in the Dreyfus affair, one of France's greatest legal scandals. From Hell (the Denfert-Rochereau stop on the south side of the city) to Heaven (the Gare du Nord at the north end of Paris), "M tro Stop Paris" carries readers on a journey of the heart and mind.

"M tro Stop Paris" is a thinker's guide to Paris made up of "slices of life," little vignettes drawn from Paris's two thousand years of history. Taken separately, these are charming historic tales about a city known and loved by many, but read as a whole "M tro Stop Paris" goes straight to the heart of what is quintessentially Parisian.