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Nights at the Lutetia – the dark history of a luxury hotel
When the great Left Bank establishment was requisitioned by the Abwehr in 1940, the staff continued to serve the new guests with their habitual courtesy – and even welcomed them back postwar
Death was everywhere for the Victorians, but it was never commonplace
In a society obsessed with the trappings of grief, funerals were often elaborate occasions, with commemorative medals struck and strict rules applied to the period of mourning
