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Voltaire and the Century of Light [Hardcover]

Alfred Owen Aldridge (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 456 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr (November 1975)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691065179
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691062877
  • ASIN: 0691062870
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,012,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, November 16, 2001
By Anaxagoras (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voltaire and the Century of Light (Hardcover)
This is one of the better biographies of Voltaire, and would be useful to those who have never studied the man and those who are quite familar with him. In addition to providing a fairly thorough outline of the events of Voltaire's life (it would require a massive, multivolume work for a complete picture of the man), this book also properly puts Voltaire in the context of the 18th Century Enlightenment, of which he was the brightest light.
While highly-researched and scholarly, it is also very readable and does not descend into the pedantic writing style so many academics are guilty of. Both the professional scholar and the interested layperson would find this work valuable.
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