This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE HOUSE I LOVED. Copyright © 2012 by Éditions Héloise d’Ormesson, Paris. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Photograph of rue d’Erfurth and Fountain by Charles Marville, ca 1865 by Charles Marville. Paris, Musée Carnavalet. © Musée Carnavalet/Roger Viollett/The Image Works. Reprinted with permission by The Image Works.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961–

The house I loved / Tatiana de Rosnay. — 1st ed.

        p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-59330-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4299-5047-3 (e-book)

  1.  Paris (France)—History—1848–1870—Fiction.   2.  France—History—1848–1870—Fiction.   3.  Urban renewal—Fiction.   4.  City planning—Fiction.   5.  Widows—Fiction.   6.  Family secrets—Fiction.   7.  Domestic fiction.   I.  Title.

PR9105.9.R6H68 2012

823'.914—dc23

2011033230

eISBN 978-1-4299-5047-3