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Melanie Benjamin
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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 Hôtel Ritz in Paris - from the New York Times best-selling author of The Aviator's Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue.
"A compelling portrait of a marriage and a nation at war from within." (Kate Quinn, author of 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 hotel’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 guests - 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 Goëring moving into suites once occupied by royalty, Blanche and Claude must navigate a terrifying new reality. One that entails even more secrets. One that may destroy the tempestuous marriage between this beautiful, reckless American and her very proper Frenchman. For in order to survive - and strike a blow against their Nazi "guests" - 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 alone - 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:
“No one writes of the complexities of women’s lives and loves like Melanie Benjamin. In Mistress of the Ritz, Benjamin brings wartime Paris brilliantly to life.... Intense, illuminating, and ultimately inspiring!” (Elizabeth Letts, New York Times best-selling author of Finding Dorothy)
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We Must Be Brave
- De: Frances Liardet
- Narrado por: Jayne Entwistle, Juliet Mills
- Duración: 16 h y 7 m
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December 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England, the city's residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone. Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela into her home, the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she and her husband, Selwyn, had dreamed for themselves. As the war rages on, love grows where it was least expected, surprising them all.
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Nasty reviews, why? Beautiful book.
- De Kelly en 11-27-19
De: Frances Liardet
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The Girls in the Picture
- A Novel
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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It is 1914, and 25-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyone's lips these days is "flickers" - the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and you'll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all. In this fledgling industry, Frances finds her true calling: writing stories for this wondrous new medium.
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Melodramatic
- De Kay en 02-12-18
De: Melanie Benjamin
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Reckless Hearts (Short Story)
- A Story of Slim Hawks and Ernest Hemingway
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 1 h y 17 m
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Spain, 1959. Slim Hawks Hayward likes to think she doesn’t get jealous. But when her dear friend Lauren “Betty” Bacall learns that Papa Hemingway has come to watch the bullfights and insists that Slim make introductions, she can’t help feeling protective. Slim has known Papa for years. He always makes her feel like the most beautiful woman in the room—even when his wife is standing right beside him. Truth be told, Slim could have learned to love him all those years ago, in the streets of Havana or the mountains of the American West.
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Slim tale
- De L. Wroten en 01-20-20
De: Melanie Benjamin
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Tune in Tomorrow
- Blaze Collection
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 1 h y 10 m
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From a triumph in radio serials to persevering in a burgeoning, male-dominated television industry, Abby Taylor has a million stories she’s dying to tell. The soap opera is her brainchild. Championed by her mother and sisters, nothing can stop Abby from becoming an aspirational voice for every woman in the country. Her life behind the scenes, however, is just as dramatic as any she could have invented. Stay tuned for an engrossing story of determination, grit, and love.
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You've Come A Long Way Baby...
- De Etoile NEOhio en 02-25-24
De: Melanie Benjamin
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The Children's Blizzard
- A Novel
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats - leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as 16 were suddenly faced with life-and-death decisions.
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Homesteaders
- De Phyllis Relyea en 01-22-21
De: Melanie Benjamin
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California Golden
- A Novel
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky A-Go-Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donelly is breaking the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport—and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of her unconventional lifestyle.
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Ughhh - i tough to get through
- De Amazon Customer en 10-04-23
De: Melanie Benjamin
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
- A Novel
- De: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrado por: Kim Mai Guest
- Duración: 15 h
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In her national bestseller Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin imagined the life of the woman who inspired Alice in Wonderland. Now, in this jubilant new novel, Benjamin shines a dazzling spotlight on another fascinating female figure whose story has never fully been told: a woman who became a nineteenth century icon and inspiration—and whose most daunting limitation became her greatest strength.
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Amazing
- De Darrell Rupe en 08-17-11
De: Melanie Benjamin
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
- A Novel
- De: Fiona Davis
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett, Lisa Flanagan
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life - her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open.
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Exhilarating
- De Joanna Butler en 08-20-20
De: Fiona Davis
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The Secret Hotel in Berlin
- De: Catherine Hokin
- Narrado por: Harrie Dobby
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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Berlin, 1944. ‘It is a great honour to have you here, Herr Hitler.’ Lili doesn’t stumble over the lie, her hand steady as she pours champagne. Everything must be perfect, no one can suspect a thing… Lili Rodenberg and her husband Marius run the Edel, Berlin’s most glamorous hotel. For its wealthy guests, it is an escape from the destruction outside, with its elegant piano bar and fine amber brandy. But Lili is Jewish, a secret she is terrified will end in tragedy for her and their beloved little girl.
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Couldn't put it down
- De cryan en 03-19-25
De: Catherine Hokin
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The Paris Agent
- De: Kelly Rimmer
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden, Fiona Hardingham, Emma Fenney
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Twenty-five years after the end of the war, Noah Ainsworth is still preoccupied with those perilous, exhilarating years as a British SOE operative in France. A head injury sustained on his final operation has caused frustrating gaps in his memory—in particular about the agent who saved his life during that mission gone wrong, whose real name he never knew, nor whether she even survived the war.
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Powerfully moving story
- De Jennifer Greenfield en 07-28-23
De: Kelly Rimmer
Wartime Paris
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Romance turned heroic
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Narrator voice
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2nd half was good
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This is a great story
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Very relatable to those who have been married for several years , and who enjoy a good authentic historical read.
Timeless story set in time
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Loved it!
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Long, drawn out
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the story teller
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The performance was very good.
Too slow
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