The hotel on Place Vendôme : life, death, and betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris /: life, death, and betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tilar J. Mazzeo.
• Authors: Mazzeo, Tilar J
• Contents: The Hôtel Ritz, the mirror of Paris -- This Switzerland in Paris : June 1940 -- All the talk of Paris : June 1, 1898 -- Dogfight above the Place Vendôme : July 27, 1917 -- Diamonds as big as the Ritz : September 1, 1940 -- The Americans drifting to Paris : 1944 -- The French actress and her Nazi lover -- The Jewish bartender and the German Resistance -- The American wife and the Swiss director -- The German general and the fate of Paris -- The press corps and the race to Paris -- Ernest Hemingway and the Ritz liberated -- Those dame reporters : August 26, 1944 -- The last trains from Paris -- Coco's war and other dirty linen -- The blond bombshell and the nuclear scientists -- From Berlin with love and last battles in Paris : 1945 -- Waning powers in Paris : June 1951 -- The war's long shadow : May 29, 169.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Harper
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 292 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 647.94443/601; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; 20th Century; France; Architecture -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945; France; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062199232; 0062199234
• Related ISBNs: 9780061791086; 0061791083; 9780062323347
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-276) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.