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The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World’s Most Famous Hotel
Bottom of the pile
14
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Readers
11/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Olivia Williams
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Date:
June 1, 2021
The story of the famed Savoy Hotel's founders, told through three generations â and one hundred years â of glamour and high society.
What The Reviewers Say
Olivia Williams has unearthed a wealth of fascinating details about three generations of the eccentric, secretive D’Oyly Carte family, owners the hotel for nearly a century.
... thorough and entertaining.
This detailed history rambles along, dropping names (Oscar Wilde, Sophia Loren, the Beatles) and attention-getting tidbits (Johann Strauss used to provide dinner music). Entertaining anecdotes document legal wranglings, eccentric guests, titillating scandals, and accounts of unimaginable extravagance.
A rich and rewarding history of London’s Savoy Hotel and Savoy Theatre.
