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Title: The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 by Alistair Horne ISBN: 0-14-005210-0 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Captures the excitement of the period
Comment: Horne's style makes the story of the Paris siege and commune every bit as compelling, fast-moving and vivid as the best fiction. You get a real sense of the various characters of the period, the opportunistic, the proud, the inept, the comical and the horrific. Brings this exciting, tumultuous time to life with poetic language and insightful observations. I am looking forward to reading more books by this author.

Rating: 4
Summary: Great narrative of a fascinating period of French history
Comment: Horne has written a wonderful narrative of the events preceding and the events of the Siege of Paris in 1870-71. Horne's style is captivating and I found that I could not put the book down. The complex relationships that 'good' historical narratives need to develop are very well constructed by Horne. The attention to minute detail is a strong point of this book.

A throughly researched and emminently readable account. Highly recommended.

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