Bibliograph

The hotel on Place Vendome, life, death, and betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, Tilar J. Mazzeo

Type

Label

The hotel on Place Vendome, life, death, and betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, Tilar J. Mazzeo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-276) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hotel on Place Vendome

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Sub title

life, death, and betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris

Summary

Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, [this book examines the] history of Paris's world-famous Hotel Ritz, a ... tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance

Table Of Contents

The Hotel Ritz, the mirror of Paris -- This Switzerland in Paris : June 1940 -- All the talk of Paris : June 1, 1898 -- Dogfight above the Place Vendome : July 27, 1917 -- Diamonds as big as the Ritz : September 1, 1940 -- The Americans drifting to Paris : 1944 -- The French actress and her Nazi lover -- The Jewish bartender and the German Resistance -- The American wife and the Swiss director -- The German general and the fate of Paris -- The press corps and the race to Paris -- Ernest Hemingway and the Ritz liberated -- Those dame reporters : August 26, 1944 -- The last trains from Paris -- Coco's war and other dirty linen -- The blond bombshell and the nuclear scientists -- From Berlin with love and last battles in Paris : 1945 -- Waning powers in Paris : June 1951 -- The war's long shadow : May 29, 169

Target audience

adult

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