The Man in the Red Coat - Julian Barnes

An english gentleman (Barnes) who loves France and depicts the Belle Epoque through a good deal of people who actually enlived it. An essay with glossy anecdotes and that incredible Felix Potin collection of photographs of personalities. Dandys, painters, writers and socialities, the cream of the cream of French society. The man in the red coat, Samuel Pozzi, is a thread the author uses to carry us along the (true) tale.