Margot Rosenthal has been taken to a peace conference by
her father, a German diplomat. At first she resents living
in the capital of France, where it's so congested with
people and traffic. Margot sometimes feels trapped for she
is looked upon as an enemy. She thinks about going back to
Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she
hardly knows anymore, but she decides that staying in Paris
is not so bad after all. She encounters a woman who seems
to be a mystery to her, and one day Margo follows her into
a park, but loses site of her, and goes home. Another
night, she follows Krysia to a run down tavern, where there
are many artists, authors and strange people who speak out
loud about politics. The Great war just has ended and yet
there are still some who want more war and revolutions for
their own causes. Margot, if she's not careful, will become
involved with spies, thugs and those who don't want peace.
Margot and Krysia become very close friends in a not so
secure world of war and peace. Back in those days a German
woman and a Polish woman were not looked upon as a good
alliance.
The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes
of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light
harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many
could pay dearly. After staying at a plush hotel with her
father in Paris, they and most world leaders are
transferred to stay in much older run down hotels in a
lower section of France. There is much talk of treason,
revolution and those who just want to fight for their own
causes. Ambassadors and heads of states from all countries
are there to hopefully bring peace to paper, but there's
always someone trying to cause problems. When Margot finds
herself being followed by a not so likeable man who can
ruin her father, Margot goes to her friend Krysia for help.
But will help come in time?
One day Margot is walking to her Hotel, when she notices a
light on in the hotel across the way. She glances in the
window and spots that good looking Naval Officer she had
met. He see her and opens the front door, asking if she
needs assistance. From then on, they become friends and she
helps him with documents for a peace treaty. Georg is also
German like Margot, but Margot is also Jewish German. In
Germany, the Jewish Germans are looked down upon. As they
work closely together they share a bond, they become
comfortable with each other and can talk about anything.
But where Georg talks of the horrors of war, Margot cannot
bring herself to talk of her finance who was wounded and
living in Germany. She feels ashamed to tell Georg that
she has left Stefan to travel with her father. OK, this
leaves us with, does Margot fall in love with Georg and
live in France or will she go home to Germany, to her
Fiancé Stefan ?
There is quite a bit of history written in this book which
I've enjoyed very much. The sorrows of war, the ones left
behind to endure endless hatred, to watch their cities
crumble, then to hope for a brighter future for all. But
will it ever come? No one has that answer. THE AMBASSADOR'S
DAUGHTER is a must
read!
Paris, 1919
The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes
of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light
harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many
could pay dearly.
Brought to the peace conference by her father, a German
diplomat, Margot Rosenthal initially resents being trapped
in the congested French capital, where she is still looked
upon as the enemy. But as she contemplates returning to
Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she
hardly knows anymore, she decides that being in Paris is
not so bad after all.
Bored and torn between duty and the desire to be free,
Margot strikes up unlikely alliances: with Krysia, an
accomplished musician with radical acquaintances and a
secret to protect; and with Georg, the handsome, damaged
naval officer who gives Margot a job—and also a
reason to question everything she thought she knew about
where her true loyalties should lie.
Against the backdrop of one of the most significant
events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the
line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making
trust a luxury that no one can afford.
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