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  • The Hotel on Place Vendome

  • Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
  • By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
  • Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)
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Summary

Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hôtel on Place Vendôme is the captivating history of Paris' world-famous Hôtel Ritz - a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity and of dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance.

When France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the legendary Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme - an icon of Paris frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, playboys, and princes - was the only luxury hotel of its kind allowed in the occupied city by order of Adolf Hitler.

Tilar J. Mazzeo traces the history of this cultural landmark from its opening in fin de siècle Paris. At its center The Hotel on Place Vendôme is an extraordinary chronicle of life at the Ritz during wartime, when the hotel was simultaneously headquarters to the highest-ranking German officers, such as Reichsmarshal Hermann Göring, and home to exclusive patrons, including Coco Chanel. Mazzeo takes us into the grand palace's suites, bars, dining rooms, and wine cellars, revealing a hotbed of illicit affairs and deadly intrigue as well as stunning acts of defiance and treachery.

Rich in detail, The Hotel on Place Vendôme is a remarkable look at this extraordinary crucible where the future of postwar France - and all of postwar Europe - was transformed.

©2014 Tilar J. Mazzeo (P)2015 Tantor

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"Readers will enjoy Mazzeo's fascinating collection of secretive, scheming historical characters, all under one elegant roof." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Place Vendome

Don’t like books about the war,but this one was so good. Who was there was very interesting.

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