Elaine Sciolino discusses and signs ADVENTURES IN THE LOUVRE

The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress.

Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops, and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum’s lifeblood: the curators, the artisans producing frames and engravings, the builders overseeing restorations, the firefighters protecting the aging structure.

Blending investigative journalism, travelogue, history, and memoir, Sciolino walks her readers through the museum’s front gates and immerses them in its irresistible, engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adventures in the Louvre reveals the secrets of this grand monument of Paris and basks in its timeless, seductive power.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elaine Sciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times. She began her journalism career at Newsweek, then moved to The New York Times, where she has held several posts, including chief diplomatic correspondent, CIA correspondent, United Nations bureau chief, and New York City metro reporter. In 2010, she was decorated with the Legion of Honor, the highest distinction of the French state. She is the author of five previous books, including the bestsellers The Seine and The Only Street in Paris, which were also published by Norton. She and her husband have lived in Paris since 2002.