Voltaire : a life /

Voltaire : a life /

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Author / Creator:	Davidson, Ian, 1935-
Edition:	1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2010.
Description:	xx, 538 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Voltaire, -- 1694-1778. Voltaire, -- 1694-1778. Philosophers -- France -- Biography. Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography. Authors, French. Philosophers. France. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8153866

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ISBN:	9781605981192 : $35.00 1605981192 1605982873 9781605982878
Notes:	Originally published: London : Profile, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. [466]-471) and index.
Summary:	Davidson tells the whole, rich story of Voltaire's life (1694-1778): his early imprisonment in the Bastille; exile in England and his mastery of English; an obsession with money, of which he made a huge amount; a scandalous love life; his infatuation with Frederick the Great; a long exile on the borders of Switzerland; his passion for watch-making; his human rights campaigns and his triumphant return to Paris to die there as celebrity extraordinaire.

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