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Emilie du Châtelet was a fencer, gambler, brilliant mathematician and passionate lover. A true character out of Liaisons Dangereuses, she - and her close friend Voltaire - helped create the French Enlightenment...and the modern world
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- ISBN-10: 0349119074
- ISBN-13: 9780349119076
- Publisher: Abacus
- Pub date: Nov 01, 2007
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Kerry Jacobs...
An interesting, although uncompelling, recital of the events surrounding the lives of Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet. Not an engaging tale, but, certainly detailing the almost comic and flamboyant lives of these two free thinking individuals. It was most curious to discover that there were actuall ... Continue
An interesting, although uncompelling, recital of the events surrounding the lives of Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet. Not an engaging tale, but, certainly detailing the almost comic and flamboyant lives of these two free thinking individuals. It was most curious to discover that there were actually "rules" associated with conducting an affair!