Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
"Fiction demands verisimilitude; reality forces no such exigencies." So states the author of this curious amalgam of history and imagination that asks you to believe that a nineteen-year-old peasant from Savoy can travel to Paris in 1778 and become not just the boy toy of madame de Polignac, Marie Antoinette's favorite lady-in-waiting, but also secretary of Voltaire, the 18th Century's most celebrated philosopher. That the bumpkin irrupts into a household animated by one of history's oddest societies also stretches the fringes of the credible. Yet, the characters were truly there, and they did engage in quite intimate, and sometimes even dangerous, liaisons. Z nobe Bosquet, the young parvenu, learns fast as Voltaire hobnobs with the electric Benjamin Franklin, in Paris to drum up support for his rebellion in America; the transgender Chevali re d' on, ex-Captain of the Dragoons; and the Chevalier de Saint-George, biracial son of an aristocrat and his female slave, who happens to be the best violinist and fencer in France. The philosophers Diderot, d'Alembert and Condorcet lend their support as the boy from Savoy shakes off his residual rusticity to become one of them: an acolyte of tolerance and an intrepid defender of the oppressed. Z nobe learns from the best to subvert both Church and Monarchy. In the meantime, he must fend off sexual overtures from the resident aristocrats and learn to embrace his love for a servant boy. In a word, this is the history of Z nobe's sentimental, and revolutionary, education.… (lisätietoja)
Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et.
▾Keskustelut (Linkeistä)
Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.
▾Jäsenten arvostelut
Picture yourself in 18th century Paris just before the French Revolution, just four months before Voltaire's death. The great philosopher has returned to the city and everyone wants to visit. One of these is an angry young man, Zenobe Bosquet, who has journeyed from his country, Savoy, in search of a solution to the plight of his countrymen. Early in the story Zenobe does meet the man he so admired by managing to infiltrate the house where Voltaire had taken his lodgings.
The magic of this tale is that, as a historical novel, it allows the reader to meet the celebrated man of letters plus quite a few famous and/or notorious personalities. This is precisely why I love this genre. It is important that as such, a historical tale must be accurate, that the author takes his or her time researching the non-fictional characters, the fashions, the customs, the geography. If not then it would be a great disappointment. Well, Mr. Luna did not disappoint. With bewitching prose he is very able to take the reader to another time, another place, another world. This is truly the magic of well-written historical fiction. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
This book is dedicated to the readers of Voltaire in the hopes that, through them, his words will continue to enlighten humans today and in the future; to the dix-huitiemistes who toil in the world's universities, who nurture the light of the torch as they pass it to new generations; and to my muse, Chérie Clark, whose brilliant insights and enthusiasm enlighten and energize me.
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
When I first set out to write a novelization of Voltaire's triumphant return to Paris after an exile of twenty-eight years, I did not suspect that this particular rendition would take the form that it did.
Sitaatit
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
"Crush infamy!" Voltaire
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
The last word belongs to Voltaire: "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certitude is absurd."
"Fiction demands verisimilitude; reality forces no such exigencies." So states the author of this curious amalgam of history and imagination that asks you to believe that a nineteen-year-old peasant from Savoy can travel to Paris in 1778 and become not just the boy toy of madame de Polignac, Marie Antoinette's favorite lady-in-waiting, but also secretary of Voltaire, the 18th Century's most celebrated philosopher. That the bumpkin irrupts into a household animated by one of history's oddest societies also stretches the fringes of the credible. Yet, the characters were truly there, and they did engage in quite intimate, and sometimes even dangerous, liaisons. Z nobe Bosquet, the young parvenu, learns fast as Voltaire hobnobs with the electric Benjamin Franklin, in Paris to drum up support for his rebellion in America; the transgender Chevali re d' on, ex-Captain of the Dragoons; and the Chevalier de Saint-George, biracial son of an aristocrat and his female slave, who happens to be the best violinist and fencer in France. The philosophers Diderot, d'Alembert and Condorcet lend their support as the boy from Savoy shakes off his residual rusticity to become one of them: an acolyte of tolerance and an intrepid defender of the oppressed. Z nobe learns from the best to subvert both Church and Monarchy. In the meantime, he must fend off sexual overtures from the resident aristocrats and learn to embrace his love for a servant boy. In a word, this is the history of Z nobe's sentimental, and revolutionary, education.
▾Kirjastojen kuvailut
Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt.
▾LibraryThingin jäsenten laatimat kuvailut
Kirjan kuvailu
Yhteenveto haiku-muodossa
LibraryThing-kirjailija
Roy R. Luna on LibraryThing-kirjailija, kirjailija, jonka henkilökohtainen kirjasto on LibraryThingissä.
The magic of this tale is that, as a historical novel, it allows the reader to meet the celebrated man of letters plus quite a few famous and/or notorious personalities. This is precisely why I love this genre. It is important that as such, a historical tale must be accurate, that the author takes his or her time researching the non-fictional characters, the fashions, the customs, the geography. If not then it would be a great disappointment. Well, Mr. Luna did not disappoint. With bewitching prose he is very able to take the reader to another time, another place, another world. This is truly the magic of well-written historical fiction. ( )