Bruce was forcibly taken from his room at the Metropol. He was, according to the front desk manager, examined by a doctor and ...

I n Amor Towles's novel "A Gentleman in Moscow," the story's central location, the Metropol Hotel in Moscow, is described as having "rooms behind rooms and doors behind doors." So when it came ...

It's been a year since Ewan McGregor's awesome 20th-century drama aired its first episode, and I can't believe how little the show is discussed.

His first novel Rules of Civility was a breakout hit of 2011. His stay in suite 217 of the Hotel Metropol in Moscow – the very place the first Soviet constitution was drafted – inspired the ...