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020			_a9781846682322
028			_a: Donated by Dr. Kumar Ketkar
082			_a900 DAV
100			_aDavidson, Ian.
245			_aVoltaire _b: A Life. _c/ Ian Davidson.
260			_a, Great Britain _b: Profile Books _c,2012.
300			_axx, 538p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aWe think of Voltaire as the archetypal figure of the enlightenment; in his own time he was also the most famous and controversial figure in Europe. This dazzling new biography celebrates his extraordinary life.Davidson tells the whole, rich story of Voltaire’s life (1694-1778): his early imprisonment in the Bastille; exile in England and his mastery of English; an obsession with money, of which he made a huge amount; a scandalous love life; a long exile on the borders of Switzerland; his human-rights campaigns and his triumphant return to Paris to die there as celebrity extraordinaire. Throughout all of this, Voltaire’s life was always informed by two things: a belief in the essential value of toleration in the face of fanaticism; and in the right of every man to think and say what he liked.It is rare to have such a vivid portrait of a great man.
650			_aFiction
650			_abiography
650			_aVoltaire’s life
700			_aIan Davidson
942			_cBOOK
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