La Dame d'Esprit
Subtitle: A Biography of Marquise Du Chatelet
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: November 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780670038008
Subjects: Historical - General; Women; Feminists; France - History; Monarchy And Aristocracy; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Scientists; France; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography; 18th century; Authors, French
First sentence: From the window of the queen's apartments at the palace of Luneville in Lorraine, allees of trees shadow the gravel walks, and borders of yellow an red zinnias brighten the vista.