Voltaire in Love

Name: Voltaire in Love
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ISBN: 9781590175781

ISBN-10: 1590175786

ISBN-13: 9781590175781

Edition: 2012

Authors: Nancy Mitford, Adam Gopnik

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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. The lusty and algebra-obsessed marquise, it so happens, was also in love with another mathematician, Maupertuis, and devoted to gambling besides. She had a rival for Voltaire’s affections in the future Frederick the Great of Prussia, and later in the scampish philosophe’s own niece. There was, at least, no jealous husband to contend with; the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 11/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Adam Gopnik is the author of Paris to the Moon and Through the Children's Gate and is a contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His most recent book is Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life, a comparison about how those men changed our nation with their history-making actions.



Introduction


Acknowledgements


Author's Note



Voltaire and Emilie



The Young Voltaire



Voltaire in England



ï¿½milie Inherits Voltaire



The Richelieu Wedding



Cirey



'Les Amours Philosophiques'



Frederick Appears on the Scene



Exit Linant, Enter Mme Denis



The Battle of Desfontaines



Mme de Grafigny's Story



Various Journeys



Frederick Comes to the Throne



Voltaire Fails for the Acadï¿½mie Franï¿½aise



Voltaire and Frederick



A Happy Summer at Cirey



Voltaire at Court



The Philosophers in Bad Odour



An Invitation



Lunï¿½ville



'Sï¿½miramis'



Miscellaneous Works



'C'est vous qui me l'avez tuï¿½e'


Epilogue


Bibliography


Index