The Louvre is the first full-length history of the world-famous museum in English. Its history reaches far earlier than many visitors to the museum today realize, with roots in antiquity through to the present as it transitioned from a fortress to a palace to its current form. Today, the Louvre is in the exact geographic center of Paris, and in many ways, its history mirrors that of the city itself. The Louvre is both the evolving story of the buildings in their many incarnations and all that...
