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The beasts of Paris : a novel
- Title
- The beasts of Paris : a novel / Stef Penney.
- Author
- Penney, Stef
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-3389 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 483 pages : map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A diverse group of memorable characters find themselves in Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dreamer Anne is half-Haitian, possessed of incredible gifts, but with a past she tries to bury; Lawrence is desperate to spread his wings, develop his talents as a photographer, and escape the restrictions of his Canadian upbringing; Ellis, an American army surgeon, has lived through the trauma of the American Civil War and will do anything to avoid further violence. We join these characters and others as they live through, and are buffeted by, momentous historical events that will change them forever. The Franco-Prussian War ends in a devastating defeat for the French after the Siege of Paris, in which countless Parisians die of starvation and cold during a bitter winter. This terrible time is quickly followed by yet more horror: the socialist revolution of the Paris Commune that seizes the government, briefly, until it is brutally crushed by the French Army."--Publisher marketing
- Subject
- 1870-1871
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 > Fiction
- Gay men > France > Paris > Fiction
- Racially mixed women > France > Paris > Fiction
- Zoos > France > Paris > Fiction
- Sieges > Fiction
- Survival > Fiction
- Gay men
- Racially mixed women
- Sieges
- Survival
- Zoos
- LGBTQ+ people
- Men
- Sexual minorities
- Paris (France) > History > Siege, 1870-1871 > Fiction
- Paris (France) > History > Commune, 1871 > Fiction
- France > Paris
- France
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Queer fiction.
- Romance fiction.
- War fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- LGBTQ+ fiction.
- Gay romance fiction.
- LGBTQ+ romance fiction.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-3389
- ISBN
- 9781639363766
- 1639363769
- OCLC
- 1383648438
- Author
- Penney, Stef, author.
- Title
- The beasts of Paris : a novel / Stef Penney.
- Publisher
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1870-1871
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-3389