Voltaire in Exile
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: July 8, 2004
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781843540878
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; French; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: Voltaire was born in Paris in 1694, the third child of Francois Arouet, a well-connected professional notary from the upper bourgeoisie.