Voltaire in Exile
2016
Atlantic Books (Hersteller)
978-1-78649-007-0 (ISBN)
Atlantic Books (Hersteller)
978-1-78649-007-0 (ISBN)
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In 1753, Voltaire - playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most feted figures in Europe - was forced into exile by King Louis XV, where he would remain for the last 25 years of his life. This book tells his story drawing on correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles and the French intellectual elite.
In 1753, Voltaire - playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most feted figures in Europe - was forced into exile by King Louis XV, where he would remain for the last 25 years of his life. This period heralded a startling new beginning for this remarkable character during which Voltaire became a successful entrepreneur and wrote his masterpiece Candide. Cast out by the establishment, he also developed astonishingly modern ideas about human rights, borne out in his campaigns against a series of miscarriages of justice. Ian Davidson has drawn on the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles and the French intellectual elite, to paint a wonderful portrait of the man declared by Diderot to be 'the unique man of the century'.
In 1753, Voltaire - playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most feted figures in Europe - was forced into exile by King Louis XV, where he would remain for the last 25 years of his life. This period heralded a startling new beginning for this remarkable character during which Voltaire became a successful entrepreneur and wrote his masterpiece Candide. Cast out by the establishment, he also developed astonishingly modern ideas about human rights, borne out in his campaigns against a series of miscarriages of justice. Ian Davidson has drawn on the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles and the French intellectual elite, to paint a wonderful portrait of the man declared by Diderot to be 'the unique man of the century'.
Ian Davidson graduated in Classics from Cambridge and was Brussels and Paris correspondent for for the Financial Times for many years and the main Foreign Affairs columnist during much of his career. He is also the author of The Gold War (with Gordon Weil) and Britain and the Making of Europe.
Verlagsort | London |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78649-007-2 / 1786490072 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78649-007-0 / 9781786490070 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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