A History of The Metropol Hotel

 

Amor Towles' website has a lot of interesting background info on how he wrote A Gentleman in Moscow, including a Q and A on how he researched and wrote the book and a fascinating illustrated history of the Metropol Hotel. (I didn't know until late in the game that it's a real place!)

Here's a post card of the dining room:

And a map of the Metropol's neighborhood (commissioned for the book):

Looking forward to the discussion of the book on Jan. 21 (updated) 

—Carroll