Do you really know the banks of Seine?

Do you know that the island Saint-Louis was still, at the time of Voltaire, "a district of Paris which is far from everything"? May the Seine, with his bookselves, is the largest open air bookstore in the world? That bathing was formerly authorized, inside special boats? That at the 1910 flood, the river reached Saint-Lazare station? This new book of the Collection of Bleus Guides offers a walk to discover the historic heart of Paris, from the Institute of the Arab World to Concorde, passing from one bank to another, with unpublished tours of our Lady of Paris and the Tuileries Garden.

commented tours who tell you art and history in the manner of a guide-speaker.
- A anecdotes' crowd To discover the characters more or less famous that have shaped the use of the river or inhabited its banks , the little stories of people resituated in the great history of Paris.
- A audio animation "People of the Seine" which restores the river atmosphere at 18 <sup>e century, with its missing trades.

Focus To make you better the seine formerly, and "little more "To bring out elements that help understand the visit.
- quiz To test your knowledge while having fun.</sup>

A pretty instructive and fun book, to afford or offer all culture lovers.