Mary McAuliffe (1) (1943–)
Auteur van Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends
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Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has taught at several universities, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. She has traveled extensively in France, and for many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. Her books include Paris Discovered, toon meer Dawn of the Belle Epoque, Clash of Crowns, and When Paris Sizzled. She lives in New York City with her husband. toon minder
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Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends (2011) 126 exemplaren
Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their… (2014) 113 exemplaren
When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends (2016) 105 exemplaren
Clash of Crowns: William the Conqueror, Richard Lionheart, and Eleanor of Aquitaine - A Story of Bloodshed, Betrayal,… (2012) 52 exemplaren
Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris (2020) 35 exemplaren
Paris on the Brink: The 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach,… (2018) 27 exemplaren
La Belle Epoque 1 exemplaar
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- University of Maryland (Ph.D)
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- Mary McAuliffe received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland and has taught at several universities and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. For many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. She has traveled extensively in France and recently published Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends. She is also the author of Paris Discovered: Explorations in the City of Light. She lives in New York City with her husband.
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This is the continuation of Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends and takes the reader through the end of WWI in Paris.
I don't think I have much to say about it beyond it's excellent. If you're new to McAuliffe's books, think of her style as a narrative timeline; she goes through the year and in a very accessibly style leads the reader through the lives of each the artists, politicians, writers and actors that brought the age to life. You don't need to read the first one, although she does make references to the events she covered in it.
My only complaint is the same as I remember having in the first book: it's a bit clunky to start - it takes a chapter to get into the swing of things. But once it does, it reads so well, it's kind of hard to put down.
Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in history as long as it isn't dry.
Book themes for Veteran’s Day/Armistice Day: Read a book involving veterans of any war, books about WWI or WWII (fiction or non-fiction).… (meer)
I don't think I have much to say about it beyond it's excellent. If you're new to McAuliffe's books, think of her style as a narrative timeline; she goes through the year and in a very accessibly style leads the reader through the lives of each the artists, politicians, writers and actors that brought the age to life. You don't need to read the first one, although she does make references to the events she covered in it.
My only complaint is the same as I remember having in the first book: it's a bit clunky to start - it takes a chapter to get into the swing of things. But once it does, it reads so well, it's kind of hard to put down.
Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in history as long as it isn't dry.
Book themes for Veteran’s Day/Armistice Day: Read a book involving veterans of any war, books about WWI or WWII (fiction or non-fiction).… (meer)
I can't stress enough how ignorant I was about this time in history. Certainly, I knew the names (except Morisot's) and I knew Impressionism, but otherwise: zip.
So as someone who had virtually no knowledge of the subject material going in, I found this book to be easy to read and well-written in a narrative style that had me putting aside my current fiction because I wanted to find out what happened next?.
Covering a year or two per chapter, Ms. McAuliffe follows the lives of the artists and politicians of Paris immediately following the Commune up to 1900 (30 years or so). Each chapter is further broken down to sections focussing on one of the characters of this time, making this an exceptionally easy book to read.
Mostly, I thought the read was excellent; I occasionally got a little bit lost when she jumped forward or backward in time to foreshadow or set the backstory, but this was rare. I learned a lot - heaps! - from this book. I've always loved the Impressionist's art and of course academically, I knew they all painted during the same time period, but I never knew just how interconnected they all were and how interconnected they were to the writers, actors, and politicians too. But most startling was learning about the Dreyfus Affair; not the anti-semitism: while that sickened me, it sadly didn't shock me. But the lengths those involved went to in order to protect themselves and their complete willingness to throw away another life for their own preservation in such a flatly premeditated way was confronting. People suck; I mean, they really suck. Fortunately Zola was a (surprising) bright light and I admired his dedication to seeing it through.
Also, massive kudos go to Eugene Manet for being the only man in the entire book who kept it in his pants.
Without hesitation, I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about history but wants to avoid the academic analysis and statistics that often go with it. This one reads like a great novel.
[PopSugar 2015 Challenge: A non-fiction book]… (meer)
So as someone who had virtually no knowledge of the subject material going in, I found this book to be easy to read and well-written in a narrative style that had me putting aside my current fiction because I wanted to find out what happened next?.
Covering a year or two per chapter, Ms. McAuliffe follows the lives of the artists and politicians of Paris immediately following the Commune up to 1900 (30 years or so). Each chapter is further broken down to sections focussing on one of the characters of this time, making this an exceptionally easy book to read.
Mostly, I thought the read was excellent; I occasionally got a little bit lost when she jumped forward or backward in time to foreshadow or set the backstory, but this was rare. I learned a lot - heaps! - from this book. I've always loved the Impressionist's art and of course academically, I knew they all painted during the same time period, but I never knew just how interconnected they all were and how interconnected they were to the writers, actors, and politicians too. But most startling was learning about the Dreyfus Affair; not the anti-semitism: while that sickened me, it sadly didn't shock me. But the lengths those involved went to in order to protect themselves and their complete willingness to throw away another life for their own preservation in such a flatly premeditated way was confronting. People suck; I mean, they really suck. Fortunately Zola was a (surprising) bright light and I admired his dedication to seeing it through.
Also, massive kudos go to Eugene Manet for being the only man in the entire book who kept it in his pants.
Without hesitation, I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about history but wants to avoid the academic analysis and statistics that often go with it. This one reads like a great novel.
[PopSugar 2015 Challenge: A non-fiction book]… (meer)
Topic interesting in itself. But the storytelling is not strong enough. It moves rapidly between tons of famous people. And the timeline is not by character or place, or art but time linear.
Good intro to pick the next biography to read.
Good intro to pick the next biography to read.
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1. Prefață – „Vremuri frumoase” - pag. 5
2. Introducere - pag. 15
3. Capitolul 1 – Regele își face intrarea în scenă (1900) - pag. 19
4. Capitolul 2 – Boema de pe Sena (1900) - pag. 35
5. Capitolul 3 – Moartea unei regine (1901) - pag. 56
6. Capitolul 4 – Vis și realitate (1902) - pag. 76
7. Capitolul 5 – Plecări și sosiri (1903) - pag. 95
8. Capitolul 6 – Alianțe și mezalianțe (1904) - pag. 109
9. Capitolul 7 – Fiare sălbatice (1905) - pag. 128
10. Capitolul 8 – La Valse (1906) - pag. 146
11. Capitolul 9 – Vântul schimbării (1907) - pag. 166
12. Capitolul 10 – Treburi neterminate (1908) - pag. 184
13. Capitolul 11 – Viață idilică (1909) - pag. 203
14. Capitolul 12 – Ape tulburi (1910) - pag. 224
15. Capitolul 13 – Între rai și iad (1911) - pag. 238
16. Capitolul 14 – Dansând pe marginea prăpastiei (1912) - pag. 257
17. Capitolul 15 – Focuri de artificii (1913) - pag. 277
18. Capitolul 16 – „Patria mea dragă” (1914) - pag. 297
19. Capitolul 17 – Marele Război (1914–1915) - pag. 316
20. Capitolul 18 – „Ils ne passeront pas!” (1916) - pag. 335
21. Capitolul 19 – Zile negre (1917) - pag. 354
22. Capitolul 20 – Căderea cortinei (1918) - pag. 369
23. Note - pag. 387
24. Bibliografie - pag. 455
25. Mulțumiri - pag. 469
26. Index - pag. 471… (meer)