Book Discussion - "The Hotel on Place Vendôme" -
Sunday, December 15, 2024
4:00 p.m.

Sky Club - Click for Google Maps Map
2202 Post Rd
Plover WI 54467

Attention: CWN members interested in the next book discussion/dine out/Packer watching.

We have a table for eight people reserved at the Sky Club Sunday, December 15th at 4 PM. Seating is limited due to the holiday season, so please advise Mike Miller and/or Christine Neidlein as to your potential attendance as soon as possible. Please call (715) 693-1650 or email mgmiller.miller26@gmail.com no later than the end of November.

The selected book is " The Hotel on Place Vendome".

Following dinner, we will gather for the book review and discussion at Barb Towey‘s apartment complex. You may remember that location with our review of the Stephen King book titled "11/22/63". Barb will be joining us for dinner so we can caravan back to her location after dinner.

There will be a Packer party that follows book review at a different location later that evening as the Packers are slated for Sunday night football.

Regards, Mike Miller (715) 693-1650

The Hotel on Place Vendôme: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris by Tilar J. Mazzeo

Harper Collins, Mar 18, 2014 - History - 323 pages

Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hôtel on Place Vendôme is the captivating history of Paris’s world-famous Hôtel Ritz—a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance—from Tilar J. Mazzeo, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot and The Secret of Chanel No. 5

When France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the legendary Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme—an icon of Paris frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, playboys, and princes—was the only luxury hotel of its kind allowed in the occupied city by order of Adolf Hitler.

Tilar J. Mazzeo traces the history of this cultural landmark from its opening in fin de siècle Paris. At its center, The Hotel on Place Vendôme is an extraordinary chronicle of life at the Ritz during wartime, when the Hôtel was simultaneously headquarters to the highest-ranking German officers, such as Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, and home to exclusive patrons, including Coco Chanel. 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.

Rich in detail, illustrated with black-and-white photos, The Hotel on Place Vendôme is a remarkable look at this extraordinary crucible where the future of post-war France—and all of post-war Europe—was transformed.

Contact: Mike Miller
(715) 693-1650