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Russell Shorto on Mike Rapport: THE UNRULY CITY: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution (Basic Books 2017).

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Vassilis Lambropoulos
C. P. Cavafy Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature
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