They were the children of France's most celebrated men of
nineteenth-century letters and science, the celebrity heirs and
heiresses of their day. Their lives were the subject of scandal,
gossip, and fascination. Leon Daudet was the son of the popular
writer Alphonse Daudet. Jean-Baptiste Charcot was the son of the
famed neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, mentor to a young Sigmund
Freud. And Jeanne Hugo was the adored granddaughter of the immortal
Victor Hugo. As France readied herself for the dawn of a new
century, these childhood friends seemed poised for greatness.
In "Gilded Youth," Kate Cambor paints a portrait of a generation
lost in upheaval. While France weathered social unrest, violent
crime, the birth of modern psychology, and the dawn of World War I,
these three young adults experienced the disorientation of a
generation forced to discover that the faith in science and
progress that had sustained their fathers had failed them.
With masterful storytelling, Cambor captures the hopes and
disillusionments of those who were destined to see the golden world
of their childhood disappear--and the universal challenges that
emerge as the dreams of youth collide with the realities of
experience.
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