In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites
readers on twenty-five one-day train trips that depart from Paris and
transport us back through seven hundred years of French history. Whether
taking us to Orléans to evoke the visions of Joan of Arc or to the Place
de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro
animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors
and tales of court intrigue. "[An] enchanting travelogue" (Publishers
Weekly), Paris to the Past has become one of the classic guidebooks
of our time.