Have you read ... Paris After the Liberation?

  

    We have a few Antony Beevor books (which I haven't read) and one by Artemis Cooper (her biography of Elizabeth David - Writing at the Kitchen Table - which I recommend), but here the husband and wife are collaborating on a study of Paris in the years 1944 - 1949. Unpublished material used as a source for the book include the private diaries of Duff Cooper, Britain's first post-war ambassador to Paris and Artemis Cooper's grandfather.

   Mr. C. will be reading this, but in the light of the reviews quoted on the book I may be wresting it from his grasp: "Spellbinding, often frightening and funny", "A dashing, multi-dimensional story .... a lovely tapestry, threaded with facts and figures." 

Comments

[litlove]

I've read this and can certainly recommend it. Very well written and quite fascinating.

[ted]

No, but you've made me curious!

[melody]

Thanks for the reminder about Artemis Cooper's biography of Elizabeth David, it is an excellent read. I also love South Wind Through the Kitchen, a collecion of ED's writing, I will get my copy out to look at as soon as I get home this evening!