Book Giveaway: Of Love and Paris by John Baxter

I am always excited when John Baxter writes a new book, and his latest is Of Love and Paris Romantic and Obsessive Liaisons, which looks to be a juicy and entertaining book.

Here’s a synopsis of the book.

The French may not have invented love, but they perfected it, and the laboratory in which they did so was Paris. James Joyce called the city "a lamp for lovers, hung in the wood of the world."

From the Middle Ages, Paris has drawn those who wish to experience the limits of love – intellectual, spiritual, and carnal. In Of Love and Paris, John Baxter turns the spotlight on some of them, from the medieval troubadours who seduced court ladies with flowery verse to Man Ray, whose camera conferred immortality on his lover and model Kiki, and Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, who turned their moans of sexual pleasure into music. The grandes horizontales of the belle epoque, accomplished technicians of eroticism who drew the rich and powerful of both sexes to Paris, had their modern incarnation in Gala, who left the bed she shared with poet Paul Éluard and painter Max Ernst to seduce the young Salvador DalÍ.

Love in Paris, however, can take unexpected forms. Was the devotion to Marcel Proust of his housekeeper CÉleste Albaret any less passionate than that of Anne Desclos to Jean Paulhan, for whom she composed "the strangest love letter any man ever received"—the notorious novel Story of O, the predecessor of Fifty Shades of Grey? Love has a multitude of faces, and some of the most mysterious and surprising are unveiled in Of Love and Paris.

John has been generous enough to offer two copies of Of Love and Paris.

The fifth and tenth person who leaves a comment on the bottom of this post today on this link

https://www.ipreferparis.net/2023/09/book-giveaway-of-love-and-paris-by-john-baxter-.html

will receive a copy of Of Love and Paris.

CLICK HERE to purchase a copy on Amazon.

 

Comments

[Ge]

Great reading !

[Joanie Stewart]

Well, I guess I’m not the fifth or tenth person. 😞 The book looks fascinating, and Paris is the indeed most romantic city! ❤️

[verne henshall]

Can'r wait to read this! Most romantic city in the world is always a big draw and a journey!

[Susan Emanuel]

The Erotic History of Paris is a favorite topic of mine, but a scholarly treatment of it was considered "too popular"! So glad John Baxter has dealt with "Of Love and Paris'
Susan Emanuel

[David Wright]

I’d live to receive a copy of this book!

[John La Bonne]

I think the beauty of Paris is at the heart of why it is associated with love and romance.

[John La Bonne]

I think the beauty of Paris is at the heart of why it is associated with love and romance.

[Connie Springer]

J'aime Paris!

[Jim Malone]

Richard,

Love John's work. I have a few of his books! Maybe I'll win this one! ;-) Best, Jim Malone

[mimi taylor]

Love and Paris. what more could I want

[kerstin Hallert]

As the names mentioned in the article are quite wellknown the book seems a very professionally made -surely enjoyable- compilation on celebrities of a certain era rather than an independent grasp of the wellknown such as Julian Barnes with Flaubert in his Flaubert' s Parrot.
Hopefully I am all wrong.

[Michele Kurlander]

Would certainly love to read that book Richard.

[Leslie Goodwin]

To experince such profound love and passion..... even if only through the eyes of a reader... exquisite pleasure or is it pain? Either way, an experince not to be missed!

[LuLu LoLo]

Fascinating concept I adore Kiki de Montparnasse! Looking forward to reading

[denise grassart]

Better late than ever. I had trouble posting earlier, but as I expressed to you Richard, this is one of my passions, and the book seems quite enticing.
Thanks for your great newsletters.

[Leah Kaviani]

J’adore ce blog!
Merci!!
Leah Kaviani

[Michelle Fedder]

Dang

[Wendy Amato]

Heading to Paris soon. Thanks for all the inside scoop!