Emilie du Chatelet by Judith P. Zinsser
Emilie du Chatelet

Judith P. Zinsser

Emilie du Chatelet

Judith P. Zinsser

384 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she pro...

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