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Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris BOTY_2025 and written in an innovative"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffes readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography." Booklist, Starred Review Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo as Georges Haussmann tore down and rebuilt Paris into the beautiful City of Light we know today. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during