A rollicking murder mystery from one of the finest writers of the last century The Grand Babylon Hotel is a novel by Arnold Bennett, published in January 1902, about the mysterious disappearance of a German prince. Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. But when hotel staff begin to vanish and a German prince goes missing, Nella discovers that murder, blackmail and kidnapping are also on the menu. "Funny, undemanding... involves kidnapping, dilapidated central European royalty and redoubtable American millionairesses."-Guardian Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist whose major works form an important link between the English novel and the mainstream of European realism.