Quote by Geoffrey Wawro Download Open image ““Hôtel de Ville, where French republics were traditionally proclaimed from the balcony.”” — Geoffrey Wawro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Now that the bad weather had come, we could leave Paris for a while for a place where this rain would be snow coming… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
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Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn, compared with… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“The arrival in Paris, as grim as ever. The leprous façades of the Pont Cardinet flats, behind which one invariably imagines retired folk agonizing… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“French soldiers literally drank the entire day, beginning with wine (un pauvre larme – “a little teardrop”), progressing to spirits (le café le pousse-café),… — Geoffrey Wawro Copy Share Image
“To knit army and nation together, they issued each soldier with twelve stamped postcards so that he could write to his loved ones throughout… — Geoffrey Wawro Copy Share Image
“In the days after Sedan, Prussian envoys met with the French and demanded a large cash indemnity as well as the cession of Alsace… — Geoffrey Wawro Copy Share Image
“Prussians were singularly well prepared in other areas as well. They invented the “dog tag” in 1870: an oval disc worn by every soldier… — Geoffrey Wawro Copy Share Image
