ANNOUNCING MY NEW BOOK ON LES MISERABLES:
"LES MISERABLES" LOCATIONS IN PARIS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
BY KATIE BARNES
AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON
“Among many other things, “Les Misérables” is Victor Hugo's love letter to the Paris of his youth... His descriptions of its streets and buildings, and the routes the characters take, are almost forensically detailed and accurate.”
If you have ever wanted to know more about the locations in Paris where Victor Hugo says that Valjean, Javert and the other characters walked, this will be for you. Using contemporary and modern maps, photographs, engravings and paintings, this book gives detailed written and illustrated histories for 35 locations connected with the novel, the musical and the life of Victor Hugo, including the sites of the Barricade, the Rue Plumet, the quay where Javert commits suicide, the Cafe Musain, the church where Marius and Cosette are married, the street where Valjean dies, the street where Hugo was nearly killed on the night of the barricades, the Pantheon where he is buried, the place on the river bank where Valjean and Marius emerge from the sewers, and many more. And if you visit Paris in person, the book includes information on travel to each location by Metro, bus and bicycle, together with two suggested walking tours on the Right and Left Banks.
All profits are donated to Acting For Others, which provides financial and emotional support to all those working in theatrical professions, through its network of 14 member charities. I will receive no financial benefit whatsoever.
It's available as a Kindle download for £5.99/$7.99; as a paperback with colour illustrations for £21.50/$28.98; and as a paperback with illustrations in black & white for £12.50/$16.79.
If you like it, please leave a rating and review on Amazon: if I get more than 10 positive reviews and ratings, Amazon will do more to help me publicise it, which would hopefully mean more sales and more funds raised for Acting for Others.
These are the links to all three editions on Amazon:
Black & white edition:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2WCQTHM
Colour edition: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2WCNZRZ
Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H4DWJ8LP
I am due to speak about my researches for this book at the Barricades conference in July. I will post more information when available.