Originally published in France in 2024

A historical novel set in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, focusing on Frank Meier, a Jewish bartender at the Ritz Hotel. While serving Nazi officers, Frank secretly forms alliances to help Jewish families in Paris and protect his loved ones. The novel explores the dangers, moral dilemmas, and difficult choices faced by an ordinary man during the German occupation and is inspired by true events

Paris, 1940. The Nazis have descended on Paris and the Occupation has begun. Businesses across the city have shuttered, but the legendary Ritz Hotel remains open, its dazzling lights still burning bright on the Place Vendôme. When it becomes the favorite watering hole of the occupying forces, its barman, Frank Meier, is forced to adapt to a new clientele. But Frank has a secret: he is Jewish. Tensions rise as the war progresses, but Frank refuses to leave his post behind the bar. Unbeknownst to the Nazi officers he serves night after night, Frank forms precarious alliances with unlikely accomplices in order to save other Jewish families in the city and keep his loved ones alive. Inspired by real events, with the highest of stakes and a brilliant protagonist, The Barman of the Ritz is a heady cocktail of history and fiction set in one of Paris's most glamorous places, diving deep into the impossible choices of an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances

Translated from the French

Wynne, Frank, translator.

Barman du Ritz. English

Ritz Hotel (Paris, France) -- Fiction

World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction

Jews -- France -- Paris -- Fiction

Survival -- France -- Fiction

France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction

Historical fiction.

War fiction.

Fiction.

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