The hotel on Place Vendôme
Subtitle: life, death, and betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780061791086; 9780062323347
Subjects: Ritz Hotel (Paris, France); History
Description: "Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, [this book examines the] history of Paris's world-famous Hôtel Ritz, a ... tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Hôtel Ritz, the mirror of Paris; title: This Switzerland in Paris : June 1940; title: All the talk of Paris : June 1, 1898; title: Dogfight above the Place Vendôme : July 27, 1917; title: Diamonds as big as the Ritz : September 1, 1940; title: The Americans drifting to Paris : 1944; title: The French actress and her Nazi lover; title: The Jewish bartender and the German Resistance; title: The American wife and the Swiss director; title: The German general and the fate of Paris; title: The press corps and the race to Paris; title: Ernest Hemingway and the Ritz liberated; title: Those dame reporters : August 26, 1944; title: The last trains from Paris; title: Coco's war and other dirty linen; title: The blond bombshell and the nuclear scientists; title: From Berlin with love and last battles in Paris : 1945; title: Waning powers in Paris : June 1951; title: The war's long shadow : May 29, 169.