Geronimo Stilton has to deal with his worst enemies, the pirate cats who have learned to travel back in time to Paris, France where they have a plan to thwart the dedication of the Eiffel Tower.
Mimi, Papa, Cristina, and Grant find a series of clues that helps them to discover where a stolen statue from the Louvre Museum in Paris might be hidden.
Describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building the Eiffel Tower, once the tallest building in the world and still an extremely popular tourist attraction.
Full-color photographs, maps, timeline, and sidebars describe the Eiffel Tower built for the Paris Centennial Exposition in 1889 by French engineer, Gustave Eiffel.
Photographs and text provide a detailed description of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with information on the construction of the landmark as a showpiece for the 1889 Universal Exposition of the Products of Industry in France, its subsequent maintenance, and its status as a symbol of the country.