Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel

Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel

A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War IIâ€”while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic HÃ´tel Ritz in Parisâ€”from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue.

â€œA compelling portrait of a marriage and a nation at war from within.â€â€”Kate Quinn, author ofÂ The Alice Network

Nothing bad can happen at the Ritz; inside its gilded walls every woman looks beautiful, every man appears witty. Favored guests like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walk through its famous doors to be welcomed and pampered by Blanche Auzello and her husband, Claude, the hotelâ€™s director. The Auzellos are the mistress and master of the Ritz, allowing the glamour and glitz to take their minds off their troubled marriage, and off the secrets that they keep from their guestsâ€”and each other.

Until June 1940, when the German army sweeps into Paris, setting up headquarters at the Ritz. Suddenly, with the likes of Hermann GoÃ«ring moving into suites once occupied by royalty, Blanche and Claude must navigate a terrifying new reality. One that entails even more secrets and lies. One that may destroy the tempestuous marriage between this beautiful, reckless American and her very proper Frenchman. For in order to surviveâ€”and strike a blow against their Nazi â€œguestsâ€â€”Blanche and Claude must spin a web of deceit that ensnares everything and everyone they cherish.

But one secret is shared between Blanche and Claude aloneâ€”the secret that, in the end, threatens to imperil both of their lives, and to bring down the legendary Ritz itself.

Based on true events, Mistress of the Ritz is a taut tale of suspense wrapped up in a love story for the ages, the inspiring story of a woman and a man who discover the best in each other amid the turbulence of war.

Praise for Mistress of the Ritz

â€œNo one writes of the complexities of womenâ€™s lives and loves like Melanie Benjamin.Â InÂ Mistress of the Ritz,Â Benjamin brings wartime Paris brilliantly to life. . . . Intense, illuminating, and ultimately inspiring!â€â€”Elizabeth Letts,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ Finding Dorothy
Country USA
Brand Delacorte Press
Manufacturer Delacorte Press
Binding Hardcover
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-05-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399182242

Country	USA
Brand	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2019-05-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399182242

Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel

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