Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Any intellectual who could charm both the sans-culottes of Paris and the autocratic Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great) has earned our respect, and Denis Diderot (1713—84) remains one of the most enduringly attractive of the philosophes. In this engaging, perceptive new biography, P. N. Furbank effortlessly guides us through that exciting world of the generation just before the French Revolution, a generation that prepared us for the modern phenomenon of the intellectual in politics. This is one of the best books of the year." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [484]-508) and index.