Victor Hugo's Wondrous Feast: The True Story of How the Author of Les Miserables Inspired the World to Love

Guernsey, Channel Islands, 1860

At the marketplace, a five—year—old girl is carrying a baby and crying, hungry for food. She is just one of the many needy children in the streets, and Adèle Hugo, wife of author Victor Hugo, is moved to make a difference. Victor is equally determined. Two years later, convinced that a good meal is what the childr...