Behind Closed Doors
IF WALLS COULD TALK
FATEFUL ENCOUNTERS, SETTINGS FOR LOVE, MURDER, and political intrigue – in no other places occur as many historical moments as behind the doors of the great hotels of the world. Frank Sinatra paid one million dollars for his suite in the Waldorf Astoria. Enrico Caruso survived the great earthquake of San Francisco in 1906 in the Palace Hotel. Robert Kennedy met his murderer in the Ambassador in Los Angeles. Empress Elisabeth died after her assassination in the Hotel Beau-Rivage in Geneva.
Princess Diana spent her last hours in the Ritz in Paris. Hitler celebrated Austria’s »Anschluss« in the Imperial. Oscar Wilde was arrested in the Cadogan Hotel in London …
Georg Markus is one of the most successful writers in Austria. He made a name for himself as author of great biographies which have been translated into numerous languages. His books About Yesterday, Only A Coincidence?, It Was All Completely Different, If You Laugh Anyway, and Look it up with Markus were at the top of the bestseller lists for months. He has been awarded the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art, 1st Class. georgmarkus.at