{"product_id":"monsieur-ritz-w-k-carter-9798257690648","title":"Monsieur Ritz: A Peacock Alley Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe built the most beautiful rooms in the world. Then he forgot them all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCésar Ritz invented modern luxury. The private bathroom. The peach-lit dining room. The radical idea that a hotel should make you feel known. His name became an adjective. Kings fought for his attention. And then his mind began to close its doors - room by room, guest by guest - until the greatest hotelier who ever lived couldn't remember which city he was in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, Ritz and his wife arrive at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Over fifteen midnight conversations in the legendary Peacock Alley corridor, he tells his life story to Oscar Tschirky - the Waldorf's own master of hospitality - before the memories are gone for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the siege of Paris to the scandal at the Savoy. From a seamstress who saw through him to the wife who held him together. From a partnership with the greatest chef in history to a breakdown on the floor of his own hotel. This is the story of a man who taught the world that attention is love - and paid for the lesson with everything he had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonsieur Ritz\u003c\/i\u003e. A Peacock Alley Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. K. Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257690648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.42d","brand":"W. K. Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172872593663,"sku":"9798257690648","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monsieur-ritz-w-k-carter-9798257690648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}