Voltaire biography book

He was born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, but assumed the title “Voltaire” some twenty years later.

Who was Voltaire?

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The book is a captivating journey through history, showcasing the enduring relevance of Voltaire's ideas and his pivotal role in shaping modern concepts of.

The definitive biography of Voltaire's life ― from his scandalous love affairs and political maneuverings to his inspired philosophy.

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Voltaire is the most famous of the Enlightenment thinkers. Not necessarily the most radical or the most extreme philosophe, but certainly the one with the highest profile. In French, we speak of the seventeenth century as the ‘Century of Louis XIV’ (an expression that Voltaire himself put into circulation).

But we refer to the eighteenth century as the ‘Century of Voltaire’.

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He’s remembered nowadays as the author of the short comic novel Candide, but he wrote a vast amount over a very long lifetime. He was born in the last days of the seventeenth century and died at the age of 84, just a decade before the beginning of the French Revolution.

“He’s famous already when he’s quite young, but after the 1760s, Voltaire is more than famous; he’s a superstar”

His first play is accepted by the Comédie-Française at the age of 24—so he becom