The Last Years, 1753-78
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/01/2006
In 1753, Voltaire playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most feted figures in Europe was forced by Louis XV into exile, where he remained for the last twenty-five years of his life. These years heralded a startling new beginning for this remarkable man. Voltaire carved out a new and vibrant world in hisisolation, becoming a successful entrepreneur and writing his masterpiece Candide. In Voltaire in Exile, Ian Davidson re-creates this period in the life of one of the giants of the Enlightenment. By painstakingly translating the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles, and the French intellectual elite, Davidson allows us to discover Voltaire the artist, the campaigner, the aesthete, the lover, the humorist. The result is a wonderfully vivid portrait of this extraordinarily funny, iconoclastic, complex, and, above all, ferociously intelligent individual."
- ISBN:
- 9780802142368
- 9780802142368
- Category:
- Literature: history & criticism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 13-01-2006
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 209.55x139.7x24.89mm
- Weight:
- 0.43kg
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