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  • Reconstructing Paris – ‘Assassin’s Creed’ style

    • April 21, 2018
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      A bird’s eye view of eighteenth-century Paris – ‘Assassin’s Creed’ style - here Also, if you wanted to go for a casual stroll - here An article on how accurately the city has been rendered and what compromises have been made for game-play - here ‘The Prologue’, and chapters 1 to 5 of ‘Casanova
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  • ‘How does Venice work?’

    • April 4, 2018
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      A great 18-minute documentary on the evolution of Venice and how the city is maintained - here.  ‘The Prologue', and chapters 1 to 5 of 'Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King' are now freely available here. 6 long form articles on Casanova's life and times are freely available here.  #venice
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  • The Encyclopédie

    • March 17, 2018
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      A fascinating Melvyn Bragg BBC podcast on the Encyclopédie, that embodiment of the Enlightenment and product of the intellectual hothouse that was Paris at the time (and which supposedly inspired Robert Damiens to attempt to assassinate Louis XV). However, good as it is, the podcast was broadcast in 2006 and does contain comments on
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