Charles Baudelaire: Life in Paris

Charles Baudelaire is often considered to be one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. A revolutionary in his own time, Baudelaire led a cynical, often despairing lifestyle. Today, he is still very well known, not only as a poet, but as a critic as well. Rarely has there been such a radical, yet, brilliant man. This latest book by Paris-based writer and author, Philip Gordon, focuses on the chronology and geographical life of Charles Baudelaire. A journey through Paris during his lifetime and the particular effect these important Parisian places and events had on this writer’s life and work. Naturally, this journey inevitably includes references to the many with numerous influential artists of that era as well as the locations where these events occurred. And, as our readers will discover, Baudelaire drew many others into his orbit as he had a variety of significant exchanges during his life there.