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The heart of the Ritz
Tag	Description
020	$a9781925750218
082	$aAFA DEV
100	$aDevenish, Luke, $d1966-,$eauthor.
245	$aThe heart of the Ritz
260	$aCammeray, NSW :$bSimon & Schuster Australia,$c2019
300	$a457 pages ;$c24 cm.
520	$aFour women join forces, with conviction, courage ... and style France, April 1940. Orphan Polly Hartford has been sent across oceans to her Aunt Marjorie, known only from letters. When Marjorie dies in suspicious circumstances, Polly is left with her aunt's loaded pistol in a beautiful Hermès handbag . . . and to the care of Marjorie's three closest friends: an elegant Comtesse, a gutter-born film star and a big-hearted American heiress. Polly is taken to live at the Hôtel Ritz, where guests and staff believe wealth and prestige protect them from war. But when the Nazis invade, the illusion is shattered. As Paris deteriorates, Polly and her guardians face the horrors of the Occupation with daring, humour, style - even romance - and despite their dangerous secrets, they discover just what they are capable of. As the Liberation approaches, those who survive at the Ritz must face a day of reckoning, but one truth stands tall: at the heart of the Ritz is the soul of resistance.
610	$aRitz Hotel (Paris, France)$xHistory$y20th century$vFiction.
610	$aRitz Hotel (Paris, France)$xHistory$y20th century.
611	$aWorld War (1939-1945)
650	$aWorld War, 1939-1945$vFiction.
650	$aPistols
650	$aFemale friendship.
650	$aHotels.
650	$aWomen.