Thomas OkeyVerified

A history of Paris from its start as the Gallic settlement of Lutetia through the Roman period and the Middle Ages. Okey mixes documented history with legend, and touches on the city's art, literature and its endurance through invasions and conflict.

Okey reconstructs Paris as a living character whose monuments, streets, and revolutions reveal how cities are built by ambition, accident, and the collision of countless human stories.

A history of Venice that begins with its founding, when settlers fled invasions of the Roman Empire to the lagoon islands. It goes on to the rise of the Republic as a maritime power and to the city's art and architecture.