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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Davidson, Ian, 1935-     Subjects     Voltaire, 1694-1778.     Philosophers -- France -- Biography.     Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Davidson, Ian, 1935-       by title:      Voltaire : a life / ...         MARC Display

Voltaire : a life / Ian Davidson. by Davidson, Ian, 1935- New York : Pegasus Books, 2010. Subjects Voltaire, 1694-1778.   Philosophers -- France -- Biography.   Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography. ISBN:  9781605981192 : Description:  xx, 538 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed. Contents:  Youth: 1694-1713 -- Comédie Française: 1714-1718 -- Money, and the shortage of it: 1718-1722 -- Friends and lovers: 1722-1723 -- La henriade: 1723-1726 -- From the court to the Bastille: 1725-1726 -- In England: 1726-1728 -- Return to France: 1729-1733 -- Lettres philosophiques: 1731-1733 -- Voltaire and Emilie: 1733-1734 -- Émilie comes and goes: 1734-1735 -- The intellectual love-nest: 1735-1738 -- Ordeal of Mme de Graffigny: 1738-1739 -- Émilie's court case: 1739-1740 -- Mission to Potsdam: 1741-1743 -- Voltaire at court again: 1744-1746 -- End of a relationship: 1746-1747 -- Death of Émilie: 1748-1749 -- Voltaire in Prussia: 1750-1753 -- Humiliation at Frankfurt: 1750-1753 -- Sentence of exile: 1754-1755 -- Encyclopédie: 1753-1759 -- Ferney: 1758-1761 -- Mlle Corneille: 1760-1763 -- Campaigns for justice: 1761-1765 -- Damilaville: 1765 -- Beccaria: 1765-1766 -- Chevalier de La Barre: 1765-1768 -- Geneva troubles: 1765-1768 -- The quarrel with Mme Denis: 1767-1769 -- Watch-making at Ferney: 1770-1776 -- Last campaigns: 1770-1778 -- Triumph and death: 1778. Requests:  0 Summary:  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; his infatuation with Frederick the Great; a long exile on the borders of Switzerland; his passion for watch-making; his human rights campaigns and his triumphant return to Paris to die there as celebrity extraordinaire.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 848.509 Voltaire Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Biography B VOLTAIRE Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 848.509 Voltaire Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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