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L'Hôtel sur place Vendôme vie, mort et trahison à l'Hôtel Ritz Paris HB

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Caractéristiques de l'objet

État
Bon: Un livre qui a été lu, mais qui est en bon état. La couverture présente des dommages infimes, ...
Type
Academic History
Special Attributes
Dust Jacket, Hardback
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
City
Paris
ISBN
9780061791086
Book Title
Hotel on Place Vendome : Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
Item Length
9.1in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2014
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.2in
Author
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Genre
Travel, History
Topic
Europe / France, General
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Established in 1898 in the heart of Paris on the Place Vendôme, the Hôtel Ritz instantly became an icon of the city frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, politicians, playboys, and princes. By the 1920s the bar became a favorite watering hole for F. Scott Fitzgerald and other writers of the Lost Generation, including Ernest Hemingway. In June 1940, when France fell to the Germans, Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of the Third Reich, famously declared that the nation's capital would remain a high-spirited place-or else. Orders from Berlin specified that the Hôtel Ritz would be the only luxury hotel of its kind in occupied Paris. Tilar J. Mazzeo traces the history of this cultural landmark from its opening in fin de siècle Paris to the modern era. At its center, The Hotel on Place Vendôme chronicles life at the Ritz during wartime, when the hotel simultaneously served as headquarters to the highest-ranking German officers, such as Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, and home to wealthy patrons (and to the spies among them) who stayed on in Paris. At Coco Chanel's table in the dining room on any given evening, one might find the playwright and screenwriter Sacha Guitry, the lithe Russian ballet star Serge Lifar, or Jean Cocteau and his handsome boyfriend. 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, in which refugees were hidden in secret rooms, a Jewish bartender passed coded messages for the German resistance, and Wehrmacht officers plotted to assassinate the Führer. By the spring of 1944, as the tides of the war shifted, these stories were all coming to their dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking conclusions. There were celebrations as well: when Ernest Hemingway returned in the last hours of the occupation with his rogue band of "irregular" troops to liberate the Hôtel Ritz, they also liberated many bottles of vintage wine from its cellars. The result is the story of The Hotel on Place Vendôme-a singular season at the world-class hotel, an intimate and riveting portrait of the last days of the Second World War.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061791083
ISBN-13
9780061791086
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167454136

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hotel on Place Vendome : Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
Author
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / France, General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Travel, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Dc789.R5
Reviews
Stolen art, double agents, a legendary bartender passing notes to the resistance: This is a rich, messy history., Mazzeo pulls back the heavy curtains of the Ritz in Paris to reveal a steamy world of sex, drugs, partying and political intrigue., This gorgeously written (and photographed) book is a feast for readers wanting to be swept away this summer. . . . Tracing the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Hôtel Ritz, Mazzeo reveals a hotbed of illicit affairs and deadly intrigue, as well as stunning acts of defiance and treachery., Mazzeo enthrallingly depicts a hotbed of both the magnificent and the mundane. . . . Readers will enjoy Mazzeo's fascinating collection of secretive, scheming historical characters, all under one elegant roof., 'In The Hotel on Place VendÔme , [Mazzeo] pulls back the heavy curtains of the Ritz in Paris to reveal a steamy world of sex, drugs, partying and political intrigue.' (Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris ), An illuminating history of the intrigue and drama taking place inside its elegant façade. . . . The narrative reads like fiction, with the difference being accurate testimony from well-researched documents and interviews., Must read. . . . Mazzeo artfully transports readers to the Nazi occupation of World War II . . . The Hôtel on Place Vendôme contextualizes the opulence of 1940s Paris, making for a work of history that reads as enticingly as a novel., Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the tale of the Hotel Ritz, a landmark so imbued with glamour that it was the only hotel in Paris the Nazis ordered to stay open during the war. The antics at and around it during World War II were often shocking., In The Hotel on Place Vendôme , [Mazzeo] pulls back the heavy curtains of the Ritz in Paris to reveal a steamy world of sex, drugs, partying and political intrigue., This gorgeously written (and photographed) book is a feast for readers wanting to be swept away this summer. . . . Tracing the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Htel Ritz, Mazzeo reveals a hotbed of illicit affairs and deadly intrigue, as well as stunning acts of defiance and treachery., An illuminating history of the intrigue and drama taking place inside its elegant faade. . . . The narrative reads like fiction, with the difference being accurate testimony from well-researched documents and interviews., "This gorgeously written (and photographed) book is a feast for readers wanting to be swept away this summer. . . . Tracing the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Hôtel Ritz, Mazzeo reveals a hotbed of illicit affairs and deadly intrigue, as well as stunning acts of defiance and treachery." -- Brad Thor, The Today Show Summer Reads "Stolen art, double agents, a legendary bartender passing notes to the resistance: This is a rich, messy history." -- Kirkus Reviews "Mazzeo pulls back the heavy curtains of the Ritz in Paris to reveal a steamy world of sex, drugs, partying and political intrigue." -- Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris "Mazzeo enthrallingly depicts a hotbed of both the magnificent and the mundane. . . . Readers will enjoy Mazzeo's fascinating collection of secretive, scheming historical characters, all under one elegant roof." -- Publishers Weekly "Fiction could not write betrayal, resistance, collaboration, or celebration with more robustness or with a more alluring who's-who of writers, artists, and military powers than history did in this single hotel. " -- Booklist "Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the tale of the Hotel Ritz, a landmark so imbued with glamour that it was the only hotel in Paris the Nazis ordered to stay open during the war. The antics at and around it during World War II were often shocking." -- New York Post "Must read. . . . Mazzeo artfully transports readers to the Nazi occupation of World War II . . . The Hôtel on Place Vendôme contextualizes the opulence of 1940s Paris, making for a work of history that reads as enticingly as a novel." -- Harper's Bazaar "An illuminating history of the intrigue and drama taking place inside its elegant façade. . . . The narrative reads like fiction, with the difference being accurate testimony from well-researched documents and interviews." -- Bookreporter, 'In The Hotel on Place Vend"me , [Mazzeo] pulls back the heavy curtains of the Ritz in Paris to reveal a steamy world of sex, drugs, partying and political intrigue.' (Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris ), Must read. . . . Mazzeo artfully transports readers to the Nazi occupation of World War II . . . The Htel on Place Vendme contextualizes the opulence of 1940s Paris, making for a work of history that reads as enticingly as a novel., Fiction could not write betrayal, resistance, collaboration, or celebration with more robustness or with a more alluring who's-who of writers, artists, and military powers than history did in this single hotel.
Copyright Date
2014
Dewey Decimal
944.361
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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  • Well intended but poorly written by an amateur historian authoress.

    A book which is embarrassingly juvenile. Its repetitive prose is insufferable. Especially so when, as the author tells us, everyone seems to have constantly "quipped" to one another. Concerning historical accuracy I cannot speak to facts regarding the Ritz Hotel itself. However, I do know a great deal about the second world war; far more than the author. Her errors are frequently blatant to the educated reader while they may be passable to those with only a secondary-school education. Often the text reads more as a propaganda flyer than as serious academic research. More than once I nearly pitied the writer in she has obviously absorbed every trope and slogan of the conflict and now believes those to be genuine historical fact. This of itself gives one great pause in trusting her to impart ...

  • great book

    keeps you rapped up in the entire story,hated to put it down,so vivid i swear i was there,,have given it several times as a gift,,,READ IT

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : Neuf

  • Interesting and well done first novel

    While there are frequent taking of poetic license with trivial descriptions, this IS A WORK OF FICTION and tells a good story. I liked it and so do several friends who are voracious readers. Hey, the Author isn’t Hemingway!

    État : OccasionVendu par : second.sale

  • Good Read

    Item received quickly and in good condition

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : OccasionVendu par : plombardo60