Tilar J. Mazzeo’s “The Hotel on Place Vendôme” – free book giveaway to 2 subscribers!
22 Tuesday Apr 2014
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Subscribers, The Hotel on Place Vendôme: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris by cultural historian and biographer Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of the New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot, and The Secret of Chanel No. 5. Free book giveaway to two subscribers ends April 29, 2014.
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For over a century, the Hôtel Ritz has stood in the heart of Paris as a world-renowned symbol of opulence and modernity. A gathering spot for the rich and celebrated, this grand palace in the Place Vendôme is legendary—and yet a vital piece of its past remains shrouded in secrecy. Now in The Hotel on Place Vendôme: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris, is a riveting account that spans from 1898 to the present day, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo uncovers the remarkable experiences of those who lived in the hotel during the German occupation of Paris, revealing how what happened in the Ritz’s corridors, palatial suites, and basement kitchens shaped the fate of those who met there by chance or assignation, the future of France, and the course of history. (March 2014 Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)(Purchase)
Excerpt from The Hotel on Place Vendôme: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris by Tilar J. Mazzeo ©2014 Tilar J. Mazzeo. Reprinted courtesy of Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
“Must read… Mazzeo artfully transports readers to the Nazi occupation of World War II… The Hôtel on Place Vendôme contextualizes the opulence of 1940s Paris, making for a work of history that reads as enticingly as a novel.” —Harper’s Bazaar
“Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the tale of the Hotel Ritz, a landmark so imbued with glamour that it was the only hotel in Paris the Nazis ordered to stay open during the war. The antics at and around it during World War II were often shocking.” —New York Post
Tilar J. Mazzeo is a cultural historian and biographer, and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot, The Secret of Chanel No. 5, and nearly two-dozen other books, articles, essays, and reviews. The Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, she divides her time between coastal Maine, Manhattan, and Vancouver Island in British Columbia. (Website)(Facebook)(Twitter)(Purchase) (A Woman’s Paris Interview with Tilar J. Mazzeo)
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4 comments
jane liu said:
March 9, 2015 at 4:43 pm
Is there still a free book ” The hotel on Place Vendôme : life, death, and betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris” for me to read?
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A Woman’s Paris™ said:
March 15, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Hello, Jane.
The two recipients of our free book giveaway for “The Hotel on Place Vendôme” by Tilar J. Mazzeo was posted on April 30, 2014. Visit: (http://awomansparis.com/2014/04/30/two-subscribers-to-receive-a-copy-of-the-hotel-on-place-vendome-by-tilar-j-mazzeo/).
For each book giveaway of our Author Blog Tour, two subscribers are selected at random by our student interns and each recipient receives their book directly from the publisher. Subscribers are eligible to win no matter where they live worldwide – regardless of how long they have been a subscriber.
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Barbara Redmond
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Gretchen Toman said:
April 22, 2014 at 8:29 pm
So glad to hear about this – it sounds interesting and very read-able, both traits lacking in some history books!
stspencer said:
April 22, 2014 at 6:04 pm
I would love this book.