20 chapters of
history, anecdote, gossip and speculation
Lady Thatcher’s finest hour —
at the Warsaw Bristol
Lord Bristol — and scandalous
Emma Hamilton
Suha Arafat’s luxury life —
at Le Bristol in Paris
Leon Trotsky — and the Hotel
Bristol that never was
Andy Warhol’s assassin
— and the San Francisco Bristol
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s high noon
—
in the Hotel Bristol, Vienna
Lady Victoria Hervey
and Paris Hilton — they have more in common
than you’d think!
PLUS: Maradona, LL
Cool J, LJK Setright, Leland Stanford,
Voltaire, Mark Twain, Edouard Munch and more