Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of WarJane Rogoyska

Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War

Baillie Gifford · 2026 · Longlist

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Baillie Gifford Prize	2026	Longlist

About This Book

The wartime story of the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris, which was transformed from a gathering place for refugee artists and intellectuals into the headquarters of Nazi intelligence. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.

About the Author

Jane RogoyskaBritish

Jane Rogoyska is a British writer and filmmaker. Her previous books include Surviving Katyń. Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War tells the wartime story of the Hôtel Lutetia and was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.