Emilie Du Chatelet

Released on by Judith P. Zinsser
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  • Emilie Du Chatelet Book Detail

  • Author : Judith P. Zinsser
  • Release Date : 2007-11-27
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 404
  • ISBN 13 : 1101201843
  • File Size : 15,15 MB
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Emilie Du Chatelet by Judith P. Zinsser PDF Summary

Book Description: The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed-and delightfully frivolous-role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton's Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo's Daughter, Emilie Du Châtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.

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