Voltaire in Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voltaire in Love write by Nancy Mitford. This book was released on 2012-11-06. Voltaire in Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The inimitable Nancy Mitford’s account of Voltaire’s fifteen-year relationship with the Marquise du Châtelet—the renowned mathematician who introduced Isaac Newton’s revolutionary new physics to France—is a spirited romp in the company of two extraordinary individuals as well as an erudite and gossipy guide to French high society during the Enlightenment. Mitford’s story is as delicious as it is complicated. The marquise was in love with another mathematician, Maupertuis, while she had an unexpected rival for Voltaire’s affections in the future Frederick the Great of Prussia (and later in the philosophe’s own niece). There was, at least, no jealous husband to contend with: the Marquis du Châtelet, Mitford assures us, behaved perfectly. The beau monde of Paris was, however, distraught at the idea of the lovers’ brilliant conversation going to waste on the windswept hills of Champagne, site of the Château de Cirey, where experimental laboratories, a darkroom, and a library of more than twenty-one thousand volumes enabled them to pursue their amours philosophiques. From time to time the threat of impending arrest would send Voltaire scurrying across the border into Holland, but his irrepressible charm—and the interventions of powerful friends—always made it possible for him resume his studies with the cherished marquise.
Love Letters of Great Men
Love Letters of Great Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Love Letters of Great Men write by Ursula Doyle. This book was released on 2008-11-25. Love Letters of Great Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Remember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, Sex and the City? Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only to find out that the beautiful book didn't actually exist. However, since all of the letters referenced in the film did exist, we decided to publish this gorgeous keepsake ourselves. Love Letters of Great Men follows hot on the heels of the film and collects together some of history's most romantic letters from the private papers of Beethoven, Mark Twain, Mozart, and Lord Byron. For some of these great men, love is "a delicious poison" (William Congreve); for others, "a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music" (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one's heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these letters show that perhaps men haven't changed all that much over the last 2,000 years--passion, jealousy, hope and longing still rule their hearts and minds. In an age of e-mail and texted "i luv u"s, this timeless and unique collection reminds us that nothing can compare to the simple joy of sitting down to read a letter from the one you love.
Philosophical Dictionary (哲學辭典)
Philosophical Dictionary (哲學辭典) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophical Dictionary (哲學辭典) write by Voltaire. This book was released on 2011-05-15. Philosophical Dictionary (哲學辭典) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Voltaire Almighty
Voltaire Almighty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voltaire Almighty write by Roger Pearson. This book was released on 2010-12-15. Voltaire Almighty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During much of his life Voltaire's plays and verse made him the toast of society, but his barbed wit and commitment to reason also got him into trouble. Jailed twice and eventually banished by the King, he was an outspoken critic of religious intolerance and persecution. His personal life was as colourful as his intellectual one. Voltaire never married, but had long-term affairs with two women: Emilie, who died after giving birth to the child of another lover, and his niece, Marie-Louise, with whom he spent his last twenty-five years. With its tales of illegitimacy, prison, stardom, exile, love affairs and tireless battles against critics, Church and King, Roger Pearson's brilliant biography brings Voltaire vividly to life.
The Love Book
The Love Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Love Book write by Nina Solomon. This book was released on 2015-01-06. The Love Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An anti-romantic comedy about the misadventures of four women who meet on a singles' bike trip.
