1832: the year that changed France, with Maurice Samuels, Professor of French at Yale
In conversation with Pamela DruckermanIt’s the year of the great cholera outbreak, France’s first anti-Semitic scandal, and a failed royalist revolution. It's also the setting for Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. Maurice Samuels – who teaches the literature and culture of nineteenth-century France at Yale – will explain why 1832 is a pivotal year that still impacts modern-day France. He’s the author of The Betrayal of the Duchess, about duchesse de Berry’s quest to reconquer the French throne for the Bourbons in 1832 – and the advisor who betrayed her.
Maurice Samuels specializes in the literature and culture of nineteenth-century France and in Jewish Studies. He is the author of four books.
Pamela Druckerman is the author of five books, including the forthcoming rhyming picture book for children Paris by Phone.
