"Loistohotelli Babylon" by Arnold Bennett is a novel published in January 1902. When American millionaire Theodore Racksole buys London's Grand Babylon Hotel on a whim, he and his daughter Nella stumble into a web of mystery. A dismissed headwaiter, a vanishing clerk, a missing German prince, and a poisoned equerry set them on a dangerous trail across Europe. As disappearances multiply and disguises deceive, the pair must unravel a sinister plot before it's too late. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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