A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Paris, 1860s. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has begun a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, molding it into a "modern city" and erasing generations of history. But in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand: Rose Bazelet is determined to fight the destruction of her home until the very end.
