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Emilie Du Chatelet
Judith P. Zinsser
其他書名
Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
出版Penguin Books, 2007
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / Europe / FranceHistory / Modern / 18th CenturyLiterary Criticism / European / French
ISBN01431126869780143112686
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wwvuwAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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 Châtelet (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 Châtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.