Voltaire in Exile
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: January 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780802117915
Subjects: French authors; Letters; Biography/Autobiography; Biography; Switzerland; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Last years; Historical - General; Exile; Literary; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Authors, French; Voltaire,; 1694-1778; 18th century
First sentence: Voltaire was born in Paris in 1694, the third child of Francois Arouet, a well-connected professional notary from the upper bourgeoisie.