The Ballroom Blitz

The stunning new Buckingham novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Anton Du Beke.

September 1940. As the skies split apart and bombs rain down on London, it's all the staff at the famed Buckingham Hotel can do to keep their guests in the luxury they're accustomed to, and evoke the magic of the Grand ballroom for them each night.

Home on leave and still reeling from the tragic events at Dunkirk, the dashing Raymond de Guise struggles to define his role in this new world, and to do his duty both to his country, and his beloved wife Nancy- who needs him now more than ever.

With profiteers skulking the London streets, and devious rivals plotting the Buckingham's downfall, the hotel staff must all hold onto what matters most- and decide where their loyalties truly lie.

As the bombing intensifies and Christmas fast approaches, somehow the show must go on...

Author: Anton Du Beke
Publisher: Orion
Published: 08/15/2023
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.50w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781398710085
ISBN10: 1398710083
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 20th Century | World War II
- Fiction | Romance | Historical | 20th Century

About the Author
, Anton Du Beke - the King of Ballroom, Strictly Come Dancing royalty, and household name - is one of this generation's all-round entertainers. In 2018, he realised his boyhood ambition and published the first in a series of bestselling novels set in the 1930s world of the exclusive Mayfair hotel, The Buckingham.,