num_pages: 208
description: As the scientist D'Alembert nears the end of his life, he looks back on his friendships with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot and mourns his unrequited love for a woman who spent years deceiving him. At the same time, an exiled Jacobite dreams of journeying to the planets, and in a prison cell two unlikely captives discuss love, language, and fate. Meticulously crafted, D'Alembert's Principle is a fascinating historical triptych about memory, reason, and imagination set in the rich and lavish world of eighteenth-century Europe.
language: English
title: D'Alembert's Principle: A Novel in Three Panels
titlecomplete: D'Alembert's Principle: A Novel in Three Panels
genres: Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 111
publisher: Picador