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Gospozha oteli︠a︡ "Ritt︠s︡", [roman], Melani Bendzhamin ; [perevod s angliĭskogo T. Ratʹkinoĭ]

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Gospozha oteli︠a︡ "Ritt︠s︡"

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Melani Bendzhamin ; [perevod s angliĭskogo T. Ratʹkinoĭ]

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[roman]

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 sacrifice880-05, "Legendarnyĭ "Ritt︠s︡" - mesto, v kotorom vlastvui︠u︡t shik i roskoshʹ. V ego stenakh li︠u︡bai︠a︡ zhenshchina chuvstvuet sebi︠a︡ krasivoĭ i ėlegantnoĭ, a kazhdyĭ muzhchina stanovitsi︠a︡ neotrazimym.Kheminguėĭ, Fit︠s︡dzheralʹd, Koko Shanelʹ i cheta Vindzor - znamenitye gosti, kotorykh prinimai︠u︡t blistatelʹnye suprugi Blansh i Klod Auzello. Kazhetsi︠a︡, chto zhiznʹ ėtoĭ pary - prazdnik, kotoroĭ nikogda ne zakonchitsi︠a︡, no ii︠u︡nʹ 1940 goda prinosit strashnye peremeny i novykh postoi︠a︡lʹt︠s︡ev... "Ritt︠s︡" - bessmennyĭ simvol parizhskogo loska, stanovitsi︠a︡ shtab-kvartiroĭ nat︠s︡istov. Okkupirovannai︠a︡ stolit︠s︡a zadykhaetsi︠a︡, teri︠a︡et byloĭ blesk, no Blansh i Klod dolzhny sokhrani︠a︡tʹ lit︠s︡o dazhe v takie vremena... Dli︠a︡ togo chtoby vyzhitʹ i nanesti udar svoim nat︠s︡istskim "gosti︠a︡m", im pridetsi︠a︡ splesti setʹ obmana, kotorai︠a︡ mozhet razrushitʹ ne tolʹko otelʹ, no i ikh sudʹby." --Publisher