Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
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Book details
- Author
- Judith P. Zinsser
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- France
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780143112686
- ISBN-10
- 0143112686
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
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ISBN: 0143112686
Author: Zinsser, Judith P.
Condition: New
The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mindAlthough today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Chtelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed-and delightfully frivolous-role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton's Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo's Daughter, Emilie Du Chtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.
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