The Grand Babylon Hotel

Description:

Thronging with princes, diplomats, beautiful heiresses and international conspirators, the sumptuous suites and corridors of the Grand Babylon are buzzing with gossip, intrigue — even murder. The action opens (and swings from one cliff-hanger to the next) when Theodore Racksole, a New York railroad millionaire with more money than sense, decides to buy up the Grand Babylon, 'for an amusement'

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, general,  Hotels,  Hotelkeepers,  Cosmopolitanism,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  London (England) -- Fiction,  Americans -- England -- Fiction,  Millionaires -- Fiction