Ebook {Epub PDF} The Seine: The River that Made Paris by Elaine Sciolino

 · The veteran New York Times contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief shares her love affair with Paris and the Seine with enchanting anecdotes and insights.. Sciolino (The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs, , etc.), who has lived in Paris since , presents more of a voyage than a history, from Burgundy to the sea, traveling the miles on the river’s looping. Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent for Newsweek Magazine and fell in love with both the city and the Seine. Please join us as Elaine Sciolino takes us on an intimate tour of the Seine and explains why it is the worlds most romantic river. In the spring of , as a young journalist in Paris, Elaine Sciolino was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river through its rich history and lively characters—a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cameraman known for capturing the river’s light. She patrols with river police, rows with a restorer of antique boats, discovers a champagne vineyard, and even .

Book review | The Seine: The river that made Paris by Elaine Sciolino, reviewed by Esmé O'Keeffe - The TLS. Elaine Sciolino is the perfect guide to the world's most romantic river.". In the spring of , as a young journalist in Paris, Elaine Sciolino was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river through its rich history and lively characters—a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous. A sample extract from Elaine Sciolino's new book. The 'Little Seine' travelling from the source of the Seine to Paris and then Le Havre flowing into the English Channel. (Photo: Andrew Plump) Life is lived on the river—on barges, pleasure craft, pontoon platforms, decommissioned naval vessels.

Recorded DecemA former Paris bureau chief and contributing writer for the New York Times, Elaine Sciolino is acclaimed for her “deliciously detai. In “The Seine: The River That Made Paris,” Elaine Sciolino traces the course of France’s iconic waterway, from source to sea, from past to present. In the spring of , as a young journalist in Paris, Elaine Sciolino was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river through its rich history and lively characters—a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cameraman known for capturing the river’s light. She patrols with river police, rows with a restorer of antique boats, discovers a champagne vineyard, and even dares to swim in the Seine.