Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
The Paris architect : a novel / Charles Belfoure (2013 historical fiction, F Belfoure) A Parisian architect is paid handsomely to devise secret hiding spaces for Jews in his Nazi-occupied […]
Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
Exposure / Helen Dunmore (2016 fiction, F Dunmore) A missing top-secret file poses a terrible dilemma for colleagues Giles Holloway and Simon Callington at the height of the Cold War […]
Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
I’ll drink to that : a life in style, with a twist / Betty Halbreich ; with Rebecca Paley (2014 biography, 92 Halbreich) A personal account by the legendary Bergdorf […]
Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
The dollhouse : a novel / Fiona Davis (2016 fiction, F Davis) Arriving at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952 where she is instantly rendered a misfit, a plain, self-conscious […]
Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
The Paris winter : a novel / Imogen Robertson (2016 fiction, F Robertson) British painter Maud Heighton, seduced by the elegance and luxury of Paris at the height of the […]