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Voltaire in Love
by Mitford, Nancy
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- Paperback
- first
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About This Item
Paperback. Penguin Biography. UK. 1960. 'Voltaire in Love' by Nancy Mitford. This books is a Penguin first edition paperback. The front cover is bright with an attractive illustration by Cecil Beaton. There is a little rub to the tips and rub to the bottom and top of the dj. The back cover has some wear to the top with a small chip. The spien is complete and solid with a little rub to top and bottom. Contents: age-toned but without writing etc. Nancy Mitford was one of the five Mitford sisters. One of her earlier books was 'The Pursuit of Love'. This biography tells of the relationship between Voltaire and the Marquise of Chatelet. There are some black and white images in the middle of the book. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
Synopsis
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) was born into the British aristocracy and, by her own account, brought up without an education, except in riding and French. She managed a London bookshop during the Second World War, then moved to Paris, where she began to write her celebrated and successful novels, among them The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate , about the foibles of the English upper class. Mitford was also the author of four biographies: Madame de Pompadour (1954), Voltaire in Love (1957), The Sun King (1966), and Frederick the Great (1970)—all available as NYRB Classics. In 1967 Mitford moved from Paris to Versailles, where she lived until her death from Hodgkin’s disease. Adam Gopnik has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1987, writing often on French life and literature. His many books include Paris to the Moon , an anthropology of modern French manners, and The Table Comes First , an essay on the philosophy of eating. He has also written introductions to new editions of works by authors such as Balzac, Alain-Fournier, Hugo, and Maupassant. In 2012, Gopnik was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.
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- N K Burchill Rana Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100003309
- Title
- Voltaire in Love
- Author
- Mitford, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- biography; 299;
- Bookseller catalogs
- biography;
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BATH, Somerset
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