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This is a quirky, funny, often moving account of the lives of the great hotels of London during the Second World War and the people who inhabited them. While the bombs hit London an eclectic mix of staff, guests and entertainers lived, worked and survived, maintaining all the while a curiously British trait of humour, eccentricity and stoicism. This is a fascinating exploration of how London’s nightlife continued defiantly in the face of continuing danger and drama. Brilliant.

By Matthew Sweet
Published by Faber and Faber

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