From the reality of the city's café culture and its literary luminaries, to some of its more curious landmarks, obscure events and unusual inhabitants, this will give the first-time visitor a vivid impression of the city and offer seasoned travellers a new vision of the city they love. The people, the quirks, peculiarities, charms and eccentricities; the history and secrets. Welcome to the untold Paris.

NOTRE DAME. DEATH AND RESURRECTIONTAKING THE WATERS: TO SWIM OR NOT TO SWIM?      ERNEST HEMINGWAY.  THE TELLER OR THE TALE?   LEAGUES, MILES AND THE FOOT OF HERCULES. THE FIGHT FOR METRICATION.   THE 1924 OLYMPICS. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER....MEANER.   THE RED VIRGIN OF MONTMARTRE. THE COMMUNE   DIANA, DODI, DAVID AND THE DUCHESS: BRITISH ROYALS IN PARIS  SERVICE COMPRIS: TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP?   RATS. THE SECRET CITIZENS.   GUESS WHERE I'M WRITING THIS? CAFÉS AND LITERATURE.   BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE:VIVE LA REVOLUTION!   GOING....GOING....:  SELLING THE PAST.   TOWARDS A WHITE PARIS: THE MALRAUX LAW.   THE LEFT HAND OF TOURISM: CRIME IN THE CRAZY YEARS.   JOHNNY: NO DIRECTION HOME.   FEY AND DRUNKEN. RAYMOND AND ISADORA DUNCAN.   KINGS' CAKES AND NUNS' FARTS:  THE ART OF FRENCH PASTRY.   SOME MURDERERS.   DANCING IN THE STREETS: BUSKERS, BEGGARS AND MIMES.   THE GERMAN OCCUPATION: JACK BOOTS AND JAZZ.   DON'T EAT THE FEET: THE ORTOLAN.   BEAUTY IN THE STREETS. 1968 AND ITS EVENEMENTS.   THE SLOWEST FOOD OF ALL : SNAILS   PURVEYORS OF PLEASURE: THE GIRL IN THE CHAMPAGNE BATH.   IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE...: ART IN THE AIR.   BELGIAN BLOCKS AND HAUSSMANN COBBLES.   WHITE NIGHTS: EXPLORING PARIS AFTER DARK.   A TOWER TOO FAR. EIFFEL AND HIS MONUMENT.   TENNIS. ROLAND GARROS AND THE RED GAME.   SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: THE RISE OF LE COCTEL.    PALACE OF THE PENIS: ART NOUVEAU   PÉTANQUE. THE FRENCH GAME.   THROUGH OUTER SPACE TO ALPHAVILLE: JEAN-LUC GODARD   WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? THE OPÉRA AND ITS PHANTOM   AN ARTIFICIAL PARADISE. OPIUM.   THEY ALSO SERVE: WAITERS AND WAITING.   THE SLICE OF LIFE: BREAD AND HISTORY.  LE JAZZ HOT. OR NOT?   EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID.   IF THERE'S NO GOD, WHO INVENTED CHOCOLATE?   DOGS,  AND WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.  MÉTRO BOULOT DODO: LEARNING TO LOVE THE MÉTRO  LE BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU EST ARRIVÉE!   NAKED AS NATURE INTENDED. THE FRENCH AND NATURISM.   FRENCH VS. ENGLISH. WAR OF THE WORDS   THE LATE LAMENTED. THE FRENCH AND FUNERALS   TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD.  DUELLING AND DUELLISTS.   A HORSEMAN ON A TOMATO : SURREALISM