Bookshelf: The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire

By Tina Kanagaratnam | January 31st, 2023 | Books, Sassoons | 0 Comment

In Shanghai, the grand Art Deco Peace Hotel on the Bund is the most recognizable legacy of a global empire that flourished here for nearly a century. Yet the Peace Hotel (originally the Cathay Hotel) and its famous bon vivant owner, Sir Victor Sassoon, were the final chapter in the story of the Sassoons, a story that begins ...