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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
From an award-winning historian, the story of World War II artists, intellectuals, and refugees, and one famed Paris hotel.
Brief description: Jane Rogoyska is the author of Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth, a winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize; Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa; and a novel, Kozlowski. She lives in London.
Review Quotes: Riveting... Conveys the fear, devastation, and even disbelief and denial of the times. It's a striking immersion into the trauma caused by the Nazi machine.-- "Publishers Weekly"