Title: Voltaire
Description: Davidson tells the whole, rich story of Voltaire's life (1694-1778): his early imprisonment in the Bastille; exile in England and his mastery of English; an obsession with money, of which he made a huge amount; a scandalous love life; his infatuation with Frederick the Great; a long exile on the borders of Switzerland; his passion for watch-making; his human rights campaigns and his triumphant return to Paris to die there as celebrity extraordinaire.
Subjects: Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography, French Authors, Philosophers, biography, Philosophers, france, Authors, french, Voltaire, 1694-1778, Authors, biography
Places: France
People: Voltaire (1694-1778)
Time periods: 18th century