02258cam a2200385 i 4500 870529602 TxGeo 20230622120000.0 230620s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023021939 9781639363766 hbk. 1639363769 hbk. (OCoLC)1383648438 TxGeo rda Penney, Stef. The beasts of Paris : a novel / Stef Penney. First Pegasus Books cloth edition. New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2023. 483 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A diverse group of memorable characters find themselves in Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dreamer Anne is half-Haitian, possessed of incredible gifts, but with a past she tries to bury; Lawrence is desperate to spread his wings, develop his talents as a photographer, and escape the restrictions of his Canadian upbringing; Ellis, an American army surgeon, has lived through the trauma of the American Civil War and will do anything to avoid further violence. We join these characters and others as they live through, and are buffeted by, momentous historical events that will change them forever. The Franco-Prussian War ends in a devastating defeat for the French after the Siege of Paris, in which countless Parisians die of starvation and cold during a bitter winter. This terrible time is quickly followed by yet more horror: the socialist revolution of the Paris Commune that seizes the government, briefly, until it is brutally crushed by the French Army."--Publisher marketing. 20230707. Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 Fiction. Gay men France Paris Fiction. Racially mixed women France Paris Fiction. Sieges Fiction. Romance fiction. Paris (France) History Siege, 1870-1871 Fiction. Paris (France) History Commune, 1871 Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. QS5