When Theodore Racksole, an American millionaire, is unable to order a beefsteak at the Grand Babylon Hotel in London, he buys the hotel on a whim, but quickly realises that not is all that it should be. Between them, Racksole and his daughter Nella uncover a conspiracy between several members of staff, which involves the disappearance of the body of a murdered man and the kidnapping of a German prince and later attempts on his life. In order to save the prince and pursue the conspirators, Nella travels to Ostend and later ...
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When Theodore Racksole, an American millionaire, is unable to order a beefsteak at the Grand Babylon Hotel in London, he buys the hotel on a whim, but quickly realises that not is all that it should be. Between them, Racksole and his daughter Nella uncover a conspiracy between several members of staff, which involves the disappearance of the body of a murdered man and the kidnapping of a German prince and later attempts on his life. In order to save the prince and pursue the conspirators, Nella travels to Ostend and later Racksole takes to a boat on the River Thames.
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Arnold Bennett's masterpiece 'The Grand Babylon Hotel' (1902) is comprised of short snappy chapters that almost always close on a cliff hanger. The characters are archetypes (a nice way of saying stereotypes, I suppose); forceful American millionaire, millionaire's beautiful and willful daughter, a couple of European princes and their retainers, a Swiss hotelier, evil genius 'Jules' (real name, Thomas Jackson, the erstwhile head waiter of the eponymous hotel, who we meet and learn to dislike on the opening page), and possibly the greatest single character, the fabulous Grand Babylon Hotel, the 'first' hotel in London and quite possibly the world, with it's own separate entrance for royalty constantly in use.
The action comes fast and furious. There is big money wheeling and dealing, romance, gambling debts, corpses appearing and disappearing, hidden passageways, midnight flits to Ostend, kidnapping, European politics and more. This is not a deep read, but a joyous romp. Highly recommended.
