WW Norton & Co Seine: The River that Made Paris

Blending memoir, travelogue and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and The New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine Sciolino explores the Seine through its lively charactersa bargewoman, a riverbank book- seller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographerand follows it from the remote plateaus of Burgundy, through Paris and to the sea. The Seine is a vivid, enchanting portrait of the worlds most irresistible river. Autorid: Elaine Sciolino