Author: Judith P. Zinsser

Title: Emilie Du Chatelet

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 400

Release Date: 2007-11-27

Details: The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind

Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Ch^atelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed-and delightfully frivolous-role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton's Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo's Daughter, Emilie Du Ch^atelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.

EAN: 9780143112686

Package Dimensions: Height: 8.43 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 0.78705027534 Pounds, Width: 0.87 Inches