| Description |
10 audio discs (approximately 12 hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdapm |
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stereo rdapc |
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1.4 m/s rda |
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audio file rdaft |
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CD audio rdaft |
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Sound recording |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Performer |
Read by Barbara Rosenblat. |
| Summary |
A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II--while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hotel Ritz in Paris--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue. 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 Göring--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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Auzello, Blanche, approximately 1897-1969 -- Fiction.
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Auzello, Claude -- Fiction.
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Ritz Hotel (Paris, France) -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Women spies -- Belgium -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Biographical fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Historical fiction -- Sound recordings.
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War fiction -- Sound recordings.
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War stories -- Sound recordings.
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Spy stories -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Spy stories.
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War stories.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Rosenblat, Barbara, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9780525492726 |
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0525492720 |
| Music No. |
PRHA6802 Random House Audio |
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