“Any successful life is like a fairy tale. But, when you dig a little deeper and observe the details, you realize that, behind the fairy tale, there is energy, perseverance, intelligence, courage. Some tragedies too, alas!
Here are the words, well chosen, by the writer and academician, figure of the Resistance, Jean Dutourd for the preface to the
Memoirs of a jeweler
, published in 1992 (and republished today).
At the very least, the life of Fred Samuel (1908-2006) started from nothing, resembles a novel.
Born in sunny Buenos Aires into a family of Alsatian emigrants who traded in precious stones, he returned to Paris to train with two luminaries of cultured pearls, Samuel and René Worms.
He opened his first shop when he was only 28 years old and chose rue Royale (opposite Maxim's, where stars and billionaires flock), rather than place Vendôme in the shadow of the big houses.
Engaged during the war in the Foreign Legion, he is made…
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