At London's Savoy, the D'Oyly Carte family pioneered the idea of the luxury hotel and the modern theater, propelling Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, making Oscar Wilde a transatlantic celebrity, inspiring a P.G. Wodehouse series, and popularizing early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco. While tracing the history of three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family, Olivia Williams offers colorful anecdotes of the hotel's extraordinary cultural legacy and the extravagant way of life it has represented.