Voltaire in Love - Softcover

Mitford, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786706414 ISBN 13: 9780786706419

Publisher: Da Capo Pr, 1999

Synopsis

In 1733, the lovely, intelligent, and married Marquise du Chatelet commenced her romance with one Francois-Marie Arouet, a philosophe who had made a name for himself as Voltaire. Mitford deftly and engagingly recounts their exemplary affair, whether in studious exile in the country, on the run from the censor, or in the thoughtless circles of high society. Her portrayals of the scamp philosopher, his mistress who was excessive in everything, and their irregular century are delightful portraits in themselves and as a group, a fascinating fresco of the French Enlightenment.

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Review:

"Mitford writes with a profound sympathy for the 17th and 18th century, and Voltaire in Love caps her career as the nonpareil popular biographer of that era" (Washington Post)

"One of the most blissfully entertaining books in our language" (New Yorker)

"Nancy Mitford softened the image of the leader of the French Enlightenment with a witty little book called Voltaire in Love. Mitford took pleasure in showing that the celebrated reformer was much more than a desiccated brainbox" (Independent)

Book Description:

Nancy Mitford's account of this famous love affair of the Enlightenment is, in the author's own words, 'a shriek from beginning to end'

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0786706414
• ISBN 13: 9780786706419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288