Voltaire
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Voltaire

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Voltaire

About this book

The definitive biography of Voltaire's life—from his scandalous love affairs and political maneuverings to his inspired philosophy. We think of Voltaire as the archetypal figure of the enlightenment; in his own time he was also the most famous and controversial figure in Europe. This dazzling new biography celebrates his extraordinary life.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; a long exile on the borders of Switzerland; his human-rights campaigns and his triumphant return to Paris to die there as celebrity extraordinaire. Throughout all of this, Voltaire's life was always informed by two things: a belief in the essential value of toleration in the face of fanaticism; and in the right of every man to think and say what he liked.It is rare to have such a vivid portrait of a great man.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781605982878
eBook ISBN
9781681770390
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosopher Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Dedication
  5. Maps
  6. Note to the Reader
  7. Prologue
  8. 1. Youth: 1694–1713
  9. 2. Comédie Française: 1714–1718
  10. 3. Money, and the shortage of it: 1718–1722
  11. 4. Friends and lovers: 1722–1723
  12. 5. La Henriade: 1723–1726
  13. 6. From the court to the Bastille: 1725–1726
  14. 7. In England: 1726–1728
  15. 8. Return to France: 1729–1733
  16. 9. Lettres Philosophiques: 1731–1733
  17. 10. Voltaire and Émilie: 1733–1734
  18. 11. Émilie comes and goes: 1734–1735
  19. 12. The intellectual love-nest: 1735–1738
  20. 13. Ordeal of Mme de Graffigny: 1738–1739
  21. 14. Émilie’s court case: 1739–1740
  22. 15. Mission to Potsdam: 1741–1743
  23. 16. Voltaire at Court again: 1744–1746
  24. 17. End of a relationship: 1746–1747
  25. 18. Death of Émilie: 1748–1749
  26. 19. Voltaire in Prussia: 1750–1753
  27. 20. Humiliation at Frankfurt: 1750–1753
  28. 21. Sentence of exile: 1754–1755
  29. 22. Encyclopédie: 1753–1759
  30. 23. Ferney: 1758–1761
  31. 24. Mlle Corneille: 1760–1763
  32. 25. Campaigns for justice: 1761–1765
  33. 26. Damilaville: 1765
  34. 27. Beccaria: 1765–1766
  35. 28. Chevalier de La Barre: 1765–1768
  36. 29. Geneva troubles: 1765–1768
  37. 30. The quarrel with Mme Denis: 1767–1769
  38. 31. Watch-making at Ferney: 1770–1776
  39. 32. Last campaigns: 1770–1778
  40. 33. Triumph and death: 1778
  41. Voltaire’s most important correspondents
  42. Select bibliography
  43. List of illustrations
  44. Image Gallery
  45. Notes
  46. Index
  47. Copyright Page