Londons Grand Hotels - Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Service in the Worlds Cultural Capital
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As an actress, I spent a great deal of time in England, especially while raising my children with Roald Dahl. Several of Londons grand luxury hotels have been part of my life for decades. Ward Morehouse IIIs beautifully written book highlights the best of the best, reminding me of the glorious times I have spent in several of these glamorous hotels and piquing my curiosity to visit those I havent yet had the pleasure to experience.- Patricia Neal, Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actressWard Morehouse IIIs love affair with grand hotels began long before his first, landmark book The Waldorf-Astoria: Americas Gilded Dream. His father, the late drama critic Ward Morehouse (who requested Room Service, please! on his tombstone), lovingly indoctrinated his young son into the glamorous life of luxurious hotels in New York and elsewhere, teaching him that a great hotel is made up of more than fine linens and fancy uniforms. Its the staff, the people, who make any hotel special. So Londons Grand Hotels -- Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Service, in the Worlds Cultural Capital, to be published by BearManor Media on August 15, 2010, concerns itself not just with the physical grandeur of Londons top hotels, but with all the grand people working in - and staying at - these real-life palaces. Checking into any one of them is like taking part in a grand opera. London boasts the greatest collection of grand hotels of any city. Englands legendary empire truly lives on through its greatest inns. Mr. Morehouses book also include as series of exclusive celebrity photographs of current of theater, film and business stars who are devotees of Londons grand hotels such as Sienna Miller, Jude Law, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Richard Branson. Heres a sampling of exclusive stories from some of those who own and run these hotels and the stars who have stayed in them included in Londons Grand Hotels -- Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Service in the World
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