TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mazzeo,Tilar J.
TI  - The hotel on Place Vendôme: life, death, and betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris 
SN  - 0061791083 (hardcover)
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper
KW  - Ritz Hotel (Paris, France)
KW  - History
KW  - France
KW  - German occupation, 1940-1945
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-276) and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -