Taking Paris: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights Free Audiobook Download by Martin Dugard

Following a frame story introducing the reader to fictional characters, the novel's narrator, Samuel Roukin, who is on his first day with the FBI's Paris office, recounts how he and his partner are assigned to investigate a series of brutal murders.

Beginning in the early 8th century, Paris was sacked by Vikings and then taken over by Charlemagne. The city's fortunes were revived under the Capetian dynasty in the 12th century and flourished during the 17th century. The city would remain an important center of commerce, art and culture until the 18th century.

The book starts in the 1500s, when France was just a small town. In the early 1800s, Paris began to rise and blossomed into a world-class city. The story is told chronologically from there on and continues throughout history. This audiobook is available for download from Amazon Audible or iTunes.

In his first novel, Martin Dugard tells the story of how a series of seemingly minor events in 1871 lead to the French Revolution.

This is an exciting and suspenseful story about the epic battle for Paris in 1870. The book quickly turns into a page-turning thriller as the Germans march toward France, massacring its way across every country on the way. As Paris falls, the novel moves to modern day, with rich descriptions of how Paris has been rebuilt while still retaining its historic beauty.

This action-packed, suspenseful audiobook recounts the epic tale of Philippe Auguste, Louis IX, and Jeanne d'Arc. It is a story about the city of Paris during its most destructive era: the decade leading up to the Hundred Years War between England and France.