Mistress of the Ritz
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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 Göering--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. This is a true-to-life novel of a courageous woman and her husband who put their marriage--and ultimately their lives--in jeopardy to fight for freedom. Intimate, fearless, and moving, it spins a brilliantly and unforgettably vivid human portrait at a time of unimaginable crisis and sacrifice.
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PUBLISHED
[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, [2019].
Year Published: 2019
Description: 10 audio discs (13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525492740
0525492747
SUBJECTS
Auzello, Blanche, -- approximately 1897-1969 -- Fiction.
Auzello, Claude -- Fiction.
Ritz Hotel (Paris, France) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Fiction.
Women spies -- Belgium -- Fiction.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Spy fiction.
War fiction.
Audiobooks.