Kate Cambor
Autor von Gilded Youth; Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque
Über den Autor
Kate Cambor received her Ph.D. in history from Yale University. She has written for The American Scholar and The American Prospect, among other periodicals. Cambor lives in New York City. This is her first book.
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- Geburtstag
- 1975
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Beziehungen
- Cambor, Kathleen (mother)
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- 4.2
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Jeanne Hugo, the beloved granddaughter of Victor Hugo, had trouble adapting to a world where she was no longer the center of attention simply by virtue of being a Hugo. Leon Daudet, son of author Alphonse Daudet, became a writer like his father but his writings were more political than literary, endorsing anti-Semitism, the restoration of the rule of kings, and the re-elevation of the Catholic Church. Jean-Baptiste Charcot was my favorite. His father, Jean-Martin Charcot, was a renowned neurologist who mentored Sigmund Freud, and though Jean-Baptiste wanted to please his father by entering the medical field himself, he couldn’t help but be enticed by the adventure of the sea and he eventually became a polar explorer.
I enjoyed this book enough to buy my own copy, even though I started reading it as a library book. I know I will be referencing it in the future.… (mehr)