Belle Époque
(fr)
conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914; characterized by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity, apex of colonial empires and technological, scientific and cultural innovations
You would have to go back to the Belle Époque (1900-1910) to find French wealth holders so prosperous
notable
6 years, 8 months ago