num_pages: 369
description: Paris 1940. The Nazis have occupied the cityand the Ritz. The opulent old hotel so loved by Parisians is now full of swaggering officers their minions and their mistresses.For American Olivia Olsen working as a chambermaid at the hotel means denying her nationality and living a lie every day bringing the danger of discovery closer. When Hitlers right-hand man moves in and makes her his pet she sees an opportunity to help the Resistanceand draw closer to Jack her contact whose brusque instructions may be a shield for something moreWithin the hotel famed designer Coco Chanel quickly learns that the new regime could work to her benefit while Arletty one of Frances best-loved actresses shocks those around herand herselfwith a forbidden love.But as the war reaches its terrible end all three women learn the true price of their proximity to the enemy. For in the shadow of war is anyone truly safe?
language: English
title: The Parisians
publisher: Lake Union Publishing