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The Paris Express
A Historical Fiction Novel by Emma Donoghue
Subgenres:
- Ensemble Cast,
- Late 19th Century France
This book is for you if you're into...
- Historical disasters captured in iconic photographs
- A train full of travelers with clashing secrets and ambitions
- Late 19th century politics, glamour, and chaos in motion
Emma Donoghue, the nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.
Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia.
Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train's crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.
The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.
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