30^th July 2014

How to Spend It

How can we comprehend a capital city? You might start with its own consecrated places: the palace, the parliament, the cathedral, the stock exchange. From the top deck of a tourist bus, the story that… Read article

Jonathan Beckman is senior editor of Literary Review. His first book, How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne, was published in June 2014 by John Murray and has been shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award. @thediamondgeeza