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Thomas Okey transforms the City of Light into a character itself, weaving intimate street-level observations with the grand historical currents that shaped Paris. This novel captures the sensory rush of 19th-century urban life before it disappeared forever, offering readers a time machine to a world of gas lamps and revolutionary fervor.

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.