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From Göring to Hemingway, via Coco Chanel – the dark glamour of the Paris Ritz at war

A review of The Hotel on Place Vendôme, by Tilar J. Mazzeo. A prism on the German occupation that gathers all of the old Paris icons under one roof

19 April 2014

9:00 AM

19 April 2014

9:00 AM

The Hotel on Place Vendôme Tilar J. Mazzeo

Harper, pp.320, £20, ISBN: 9780061791086

In Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen did a good job of showing how foolish it is to be obsessed by previous generations who’ve passed through Paris. Going back through the years, each group of geniuses turns out to be just as drunk and silly as the next, albeit with longer cigarette holders.

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