Napoleon III's Transformation of Paris: The Origins and Development of the Idea
@article{Pinkney1955NapoleonIT, title={Napoleon III's Transformation of Paris: The Origins and Development of the Idea}, author={David Pinkney}, journal={The Journal of Modern History}, year={1955}, volume={27}, pages={125 - 134} }
LOUIS NAPOLEON fancied himself something of an architect. An English visitor calling at the Bibliotheque nationale in the early 1850's for a copy of Hittorf's L'carchitecture polychrome chez les Grecs was told that it had been sent to the Elysee Palace for the president of the republic, who only a few days earlier had asked for it, together with several other books on architecture.2 While in exile in Britain he had laid out a portion of the grounds of Brodick Castle, an estate of his friend…
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