Margot Rosenthal has been taken to a peace conference by her father, a German diplomat. At first she resents living in the capital of France, where it's so congested with people and traffic. Margot sometimes feels trapped for she is looked upon as an enemy. She thinks about going back to Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she hardly knows anymore, but she decides that staying in Paris is not so bad after all. She encounters a woman who seems to be a mystery to her, and one day Margo follows her into a park, but loses site of her, and goes home. Another night, she follows Krysia to a run down tavern, where there are many artists, authors and strange people who speak out loud about politics. The Great war just has ended and yet there are still some who want more war and revolutions for their own causes. Margot, if she's not careful, will become involved with spies, thugs and those who don't want peace. Margot and Krysia become very close friends in a not so secure world of war and peace. Back in those days a German woman and a Polish woman were not looked upon as a good alliance.

The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. After staying at a plush hotel with her father in Paris, they and most world leaders are transferred to stay in much older run down hotels in a lower section of France. There is much talk of treason, revolution and those who just want to fight for their own causes. Ambassadors and heads of states from all countries are there to hopefully bring peace to paper, but there's always someone trying to cause problems. When Margot finds herself being followed by a not so likeable man who can ruin her father, Margot goes to her friend Krysia for help. But will help come in time?

One day Margot is walking to her Hotel, when she notices a light on in the hotel across the way. She glances in the window and spots that good looking Naval Officer she had met. He see her and opens the front door, asking if she needs assistance. From then on, they become friends and she helps him with documents for a peace treaty. Georg is also German like Margot, but Margot is also Jewish German. In Germany, the Jewish Germans are looked down upon. As they work closely together they share a bond, they become comfortable with each other and can talk about anything. But where Georg talks of the horrors of war, Margot cannot bring herself to talk of her finance who was wounded and living in Germany. She feels ashamed to tell Georg that she has left Stefan to travel with her father. OK, this leaves us with, does Margot fall in love with Georg and live in France or will she go home to Germany, to her Fiancé Stefan ?

There is quite a bit of history written in this book which I've enjoyed very much. The sorrows of war, the ones left behind to endure endless hatred, to watch their cities crumble, then to hope for a brighter future for all. But will it ever come? No one has that answer. THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER is a must read!

Book Summary

Paris, 1919

The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly.

Brought to the peace conference by her father, a German diplomat, Margot Rosenthal initially resents being trapped in the congested French capital, where she is still looked upon as the enemy. But as she contemplates returning to Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she hardly knows anymore, she decides that being in Paris is not so bad after all.

Bored and torn between duty and the desire to be free, Margot strikes up unlikely alliances: with Krysia, an accomplished musician with radical acquaintances and a secret to protect; and with Georg, the handsome, damaged naval officer who gives Margot a job—and also a reason to question everything she thought she knew about where her true loyalties should lie.

Against the backdrop of one of the most significant events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making trust a luxury that no one can afford.