Madame Eiffel: The Love Story Behind The Eiffel Tower
Author: Alice Briere-Haquet
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: $31.50 AUD
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: 9783899557558
: Die Gestalten Verlag
: Die Gestalten Verlag
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: 01 September 2015
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: Germany
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: Alice Briere-Haquet
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: Hardback
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: Csil
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: 843.92
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9783899557558
Description
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, yet no one knows the love storythat led to its construction. AuthorAlice Briere-Haquet and illustratorCsil have pooled their creativetalents to tell this touching storyabout overcoming hardship withclever invention fueled by love.Mr. and Mrs. Eiffel are a happycouple enjoying living in the mostromantic city in the world, Paris.Until one day, Mrs. Eiffel beginsto feel desperately unwell. Theexperts are unanimous: the onlything that can save her is fresh air.Her husband, a bright engineer, decides he will take matters intohis own hands and build a towerthat will reach the clouds in anattempt to restore her health.Csil's poetically minimal illustrationsin black, white, and pinkare incredibly evocative, andAlice Briere-Haquet's words are adelight to read aloud."
