Catherine & Diderot

The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment

Robert Zaretsky

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$27.95 • £24.95 • €25.95

ISBN 9780674737907

Publication Date: 02/18/2019

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272 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Prologue
1. The Sea at Scheveningen
2. Reading Voltaire in Saint Petersburg
3. R Is for Riga
4. Glasnost
5. The Shadow Lands
6. The Hermitage
7. Extraordinary Men and Events
8. Colic and Constitutions
9. The Road Not Taken
10. Send for Seneca
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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