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Edward Rutherfurd’s novel, simply named Paris, is in the genre of historical fiction and as such it is engrossing and gives an intimate view of the sweep of Paris history from Roman times up to the post World War II era of Charles de Gaulle. If you are impatient with anything less than the completely factual, then Edward Rutherfurd is not the writer for you. I will caution you, however, that totally factual history is a dry business indeed and even nonfiction/textbook history cannot really avoid the personal interpretations of the historian. It is difficult to know if there is such a beast as totally objective history. Of course, it is all relative. Some history is more fact-based, some is more anecdotal.

In the case of his tome entitled Paris: A Novel, Edward Rutherfurd gives us a number of families from various social groups within Paris society and shows the interactions of these groups, mostly within the confines of Paris. We have the de Cynge family, aristocrats and monarchists. We have the Le Sourds who are leftists (communists) and therefore at odds with the de Cynge family. We have the middle class represented by the Renards (Fox) and the Blanchards. Some Renards are lawyers. The Blanchards are doctors and some run retail or wholesale establishments. The Gascons are poor working class people and they have one family member who walks the line between legal and illegal activities frequently crossing over in each direction.

We have the poets and sculptors (especially Monsieur Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty) and Monsieur Eiffel ( Eiffel Tower). Thomas Gascon does skilled labor on each of these enormous structures. We have the painters (especially the Impressionists) and the writers (Proust, Hemingway).
The city itself is a star of the book with its various neighborhoods which eventually become the arrondissements we know today. It took centuries for Paris to coalesce into its modern romantic, atmospheric incarnation and we get to traipse through the various stages of its transformations as we follow our characters and their ancestors, flashing back and forth from fairly contemporary Paris to ages past, as experienced by the ancestors of our more modern characters. It’s a personal and yet fairly in-depth tour of Parisian history that is not in the least pedantic.

I kept trying to stop reading this book – not because it was a bad book - but because I knew it would be long. I kept thinking I wanted to read something shorter and quicker, but I could not stop. I just kept getting sucked in to Paris until suddenly I was done and I didn’t really want to leave. I wanted to be taken out to a bistro. I guess Edward Rutherfurd captured exactly what we should know about social interactions among Parisians and that is why people read his books, especially his books about famous cities (Russka, London, New York).


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Paris The Novel Edward Rutherfurd 9780385535304 Books Reviews

I always know that a book has touched me when I continually think back on the characters.
This is a story of a few families in Paris through centuries of time. It was more than 800 pages, but I didn’t get bored at all. Also, I normally get overwhelmed with too many names, but that wasn’t a problem here. The only thing that I didn’t care too much for the book was all the jumping around through time. I would have preferred it had the book been written in more of a chronological order. I especially loved the parts about the building of the Eiffel Tower.
You may like this book if you enjoy historical fiction. I look forward to reading his book on London as well as maybe a few others.
I have enjoyed every one of Edward Rutherfurd's books over the years. The only one I haven't read yet is New York and that will be soon, I assure you! I love how his stories flow, with excellent description of places, people and events. I end up understanding a place and it's people, as well as feeling as if I had lived or visited it. His use of characters whose families play roles through time, interacting with each other, makes the history and story more intriguing to me. Can't wait to discover where he writes about next! I will definitely be reading it!
I absolutely loved Sarum, London, and New York. But Mr. Rutherfurd changed his style in this book. He jumps back and forth through time to make a convoluted mess. I like the individual stories of historical periods, but it is difficult to put them in context when he jumps from one century back to another. This style of writing may work well in a regular novel, but not in a historical novel such as this. Although worth reading, it is very disappointing when compared to his other works.
I have read all of Edward Rutherford books and I just love them all. You learn all about the history of the city and region while getting engrossed in the trials and tribulations of different families. I learned the history of the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower as well as how people lived during the different ages. Fascinating reading. Once you start its hard to put the book down.
If you loved Rutherford's other books then you will love Paris.
I LOVE Edward Rutherfurd and just finished this book and am so sad that it is finished. I totally recommend combining reading with audio ( feature that I also LOVE). The french accents and name pronunciations are key to the charm of this book. I have also read and HIGHLY recommend Sarum, London, Russka, New York ... all just as AMAZING. Rutherfurd has a unique style which takes you back to early times (prehistoric in Sarum) and then follows blood lines to close to present day. His eloquent use of the english language makes reading other authors' creations difficult at times since you miss Rutherfurds style. I believe that he has a unique ability to quickly develop characters so that while he moves through time you get to know so many characters it makes the stories even more interesting and the reading go very quickly.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. I loved all the history and the obvious research that went into putting this story together. I also liked the characters. What I found difficult to like was the length of the book combined with the constant jumping back and forth through time. The book is not a page-turner in my opinion, which meant it took me a long time to read the 800+ pages. This in turn made it difficult to keep track of the many characters because each chapter starts at a different point in history - sometimes jumping hundreds of years back and forth. Overall I am glad I read this book, however, I am not sure I would undertake another book by this author if it follows the same format. I think it would be better to follow time in order and get rid of the back-and-forth.
Edward Rutherfurd’s novel, simply named Paris, is in the genre of historical fiction and as such it is engrossing and gives an intimate view of the sweep of Paris history from Roman times up to the post World War II era of Charles de Gaulle. If you are impatient with anything less than the completely factual, then Edward Rutherfurd is not the writer for you. I will caution you, however, that totally factual history is a dry business indeed and even nonfiction/textbook history cannot really avoid the personal interpretations of the historian. It is difficult to know if there is such a beast as totally objective history. Of course, it is all relative. Some history is more fact-based, some is more anecdotal.

In the case of his tome entitled Paris A Novel, Edward Rutherfurd gives us a number of families from various social groups within Paris society and shows the interactions of these groups, mostly within the confines of Paris. We have the de Cynge family, aristocrats and monarchists. We have the Le Sourds who are leftists (communists) and therefore at odds with the de Cynge family. We have the middle class represented by the Renards (Fox) and the Blanchards. Some Renards are lawyers. The Blanchards are doctors and some run retail or wholesale establishments. The Gascons are poor working class people and they have one family member who walks the line between legal and illegal activities frequently crossing over in each direction.

We have the poets and sculptors (especially Monsieur Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty) and Monsieur Eiffel ( Eiffel Tower). Thomas Gascon does skilled labor on each of these enormous structures. We have the painters (especially the Impressionists) and the writers (Proust, Hemingway).
The city itself is a star of the book with its various neighborhoods which eventually become the arrondissements we know today. It took centuries for Paris to coalesce into its modern romantic, atmospheric incarnation and we get to traipse through the various stages of its transformations as we follow our characters and their ancestors, flashing back and forth from fairly contemporary Paris to ages past, as experienced by the ancestors of our more modern characters. It’s a personal and yet fairly in-depth tour of Parisian history that is not in the least pedantic.

I kept trying to stop reading this book – not because it was a bad book - but because I knew it would be long. I kept thinking I wanted to read something shorter and quicker, but I could not stop. I just kept getting sucked in to Paris until suddenly I was done and I didn’t really want to leave. I wanted to be taken out to a bistro. I guess Edward Rutherfurd captured exactly what we should know about social interactions among Parisians and that is why people read his books, especially his books about famous cities (Russka, London, New York).