by Gillian Tindall (Author)
This biography tells the true story of Martin Nadaud, an itinerant stone mason from the Creuse region, at the geographical heart of France, who became a builder and architect in Paris and who would eventually return to his birthplace as Prefect of the entire department.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 01 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0701168676
ISBN 13: 9780701168674
Book Overview: The long-awaited new book from one of our finest writers on France, Martin Nadaud is an exceptional work of miniaturist history that recreates through the life of a little-known figure the turbulent era of Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.