If London was suffering from bombing, so too was Hamburg. On 13 March Bridget von Bernstorff was staying at the Vier Jahreszeiten – the city’s best hotel. Apparently impervious to the war, it was still, according to Flannery, offering rare wines and real tea to its guests. Each afternoon in the restaurant, an orchestra played American favourites such as ‘Carry Me Back to Old Virginny’ and ‘Chinatown’.
