Bibliograph

Mistress of the Ritz, a novel, Melanie Benjamin

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Label

Mistress of the Ritz, a novel, Melanie Benjamin

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Mistress of the Ritz

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

1084691211

Responsibility statement

Melanie Benjamin

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In March 1940, the Nazis sweep Paris and immediately take up residence in one of the city's most iconic sites: The Hotel Ritz. There, under a roof legendary for its unprecedented luxury and for its fabled residents--including Coco Chanel, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Cole Porter, Hemingway, Balanchine, Doris Duke, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and now Hermann Göring--the Nazis rule over a paralyzed city. But two residents of the Ritz refuse to be defeated: its director, Claude Auzello, and his beautiful American actress wife, Blanche. They not only oversee the smooth workings of the hotel, but both Blanche and Claude throw themselves fearlessly into the dangerous and clandestine workings of the French Resistance.

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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