Annette Fabiani
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Hotel Ritz.
Träume von Glanz und Glück
The novel begins in Scarborough, November 1895
Venetia Grey, secretary to the director, is the good soul of London's Ritz Hotel. She has seen kings and actresses, politicians and princesses come and go. She was there when business negotiations were conducted in the back rooms and political conspiracies were planned. But no one knows that Venetia also has a secret: an illegitimate daughter from a passionate love affair with the nobleman Bertie Townsend. During the First World War, Venetia meets Bertie again after a long time and realizes that they still have feelings for each other. But he is married, and the war threatens to tear them apart again ...