VOLTAIRE
A Life
Author: Davidson, Ian

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Pegasus
Pages: 512
Price ( Hardback ): $35.00
Publication Date: October 15, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-1-60598-119-2
Category: Nonfiction
Classification: Biography

From the author of Voltaire in Exile: The Last Years, 1753–1778 (2004), a psychologically intimate biography of the great writer and philosopher.

While it’s important to recognize Voltaire (1694–1778) as symbolic of the French Enlightenment, it's also vital, writes Davidson, ...

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