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Voltaire Almighty
A Life in Pursuit of Freedom
von Roger Pearson
Ebook, 480 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2010 von A&C Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-2080-3, ISBN: 1-4088-2080-3
"His family nicknamed him Zozo: he later called himself Voltaire. While he
believed in God Almighty, he none the less considered that there was still work to
be done. 'God created man free,' he wrote at the age of seventythree: 'and that is
what I have become.'1 This is the story of his extraordinary life, the story of a
search for freedom. Zozo was probably a bastard. Like Candide, the hero of his
most famous work. Officially littl ..."
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