Voltaire in love
by Nancy Mitford
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Author: Nancy MitfordEdition: Paperback
Published: 1998
ISBN: 1888173475
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Akadine Press Inc
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Book Review: great source for my comic novel, "A Visit From Voltaire"
Summary: 4 Stars
Although I found one or two factual mistakes with Mitford's research, on the whole this is a great peek into Voltaire's bedroom, and a wonderful introduction into the private pressures on his middle years--the political exile, the hunger for success, the volatile relationship with Emilie, whom many of his peers thought was a waste of his time and talents. (Not the least of her critics and rivals was Frederick the Great/) There is no doubt that their genuine love and early sexual passion was one of the most egalitarian partnerships in an age when that wasn't typical and in the end, you have to hand it to the woman who was willing to traipse off into the iron-forging nowhere just to be with his Mercurial Self. I was very inspired by Mitford's vision of their partnership, although over the years my research moved on, in the end, I tried to capture a Voltaire very similar to her own in my novel. Readers should deepen their acquaintance with him via The Portable Voltaire, Candide and the Durant's Vol 9 and 10 of the History of Civilization.Dinah Lee K?ng
author "A Visit from Voltaire"
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