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  • F is for Floods - that is, the floods of the Seine River in Paris. And today we're paying particular attention to the game-changing Great Flood of 1910.  Featured is the voice of Jeffrey Jackson, Professor of History at Rhodes College, and the author of "Paris Under Water:  How the City of Light Survived the[...]
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  • July 31, 2023

F is for Floods – that is, the floods of the Seine River in Paris. And today we’re paying particular attention to the game-changing Great Flood of 1910. 

Featured is the voice of Jeffrey Jackson, Professor of History at Rhodes College, and the author of “Paris Under Water:  How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910”. You can find more about Jeffrey on his website here.

Become a Patreon member of The Earful Tower here to support this show and get extras.

The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson.

Click here for our walking tours of Paris. 

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