METRONOME. Copyright © 2009 by Éditions Michel Lafon. Translation copyright © 2013 by Timothy Bent. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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

Deutsch, Lorànt, 1975–

   Metronome: a history of Paris from the underground up / Lorànt Deutsch; with assistance from Emmanuel Haymann; translated from the French by Timothy Bent. — First U.S. edition.

          Pages    cm

   “First published in France by Éditions Michel Lafon”—Title page verso.

   ISBN 978-1-250-02367-4 (trade paperback)

   ISBN 978-1-250-02368-1 (e-book)

 1.  Paris (France)—History—Miscellanea.   2.  Paris (France)—Description and travel.   3.  France—History—Miscellanea.   4.  Subways—France—Paris—History.   5.  Subway stations—France—Paris—History.   I.  Haymann, Emmanuel, 1946–   II.  Title.

   DC707.D521713 2013

   944'.361—dc23

2013026916

eISBN 9781250023681

First published in France by Éditions Michel Lafon

First U.S. Edition: December 2013