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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Even in the 1890s they were calling it ‘the sauciest paper in Europe Officially titled the European Edition of the New York Herald it was familiarly known simply as ‘the Paris Herald. Launched by its irrepressible pub- lisher James Gordon Bennett Jr. on 4 October 1887 it quickly became the indispensable daily reading matter not only of American expatri- ates and travellers but also of titled and wealthy Europeans eager to be in the swim. Every day for example 200 copies were sent to the Roma- nov court in St. Petersburg. In this book culled from the files of the Paris Herald from 1890 to 1914 the daily activities and preoccupations of the Belle Epoque come to vivid life. In addition to major news stories the Herald’s reporters covered ‘the scene’ in Paris and the other capitals of Europe the latest fashions and scandals the new crazes such as bicycling and automobilism the art shows and the auctions the new plays operas ballets. They managed to obtain exclusive interviews with Sarah Bernhardt Mark Twain Paul Poiret and many other notables of the time. The Belle Epoque opens a window on a fascinating moment in history when the old order was beginning to yield to new ideas new inventions and new social attitudes. The effect is of leafing through the pages of the Paris Herald itself. Original headlines and illustrations appear exactly as in the paper alongside the original texts. (MP)