Voltaire in love

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The inimitable Nancy Mitford's account of Voltaire's sixteen-year affair with the comely Marquise du Châtelet--in her own right a renowned mathematician and original expositor of Newtonian ideas--is a spirited romp in the company of two extraordinary individuals as well as an erudite and gossipy guide to French high society during the Enlightenment.

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Full title :Voltaire in love / Nancy Mitford ; introduction by Adam Gopnik.

Summary

The inimitable Nancy Mitford's account of Voltaire's sixteen-year affair with the comely Marquise du Châtelet--in her own right a renowned mathematician and original expositor of Newtonian ideas--is a spirited romp in the company of two extraordinary individuals as well as an erudite and gossipy guide to French high society during the Enlightenment.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):New York Review Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

Notes

Originally published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, 1957.

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Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781590175934, 159017593X
oclc:ocn821640608
LC Classification:PQ2103.D7
Dewey Decimal:848/.509

Subjects

Authors, French Authors, French -- Biography -- 18th ce… Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnel… Écrivains français -- Biographies -- 18… France LITERARY CRITICISM -- European Maîtresses -- Biographies. -- France Mistresses Mistresses -- Biography. -- France Relations with women Scientists Scientists -- Biography. -- France Voltaire