| Evidence: | 'I have found Voltaire's ''Louis XIV. very pleasant and short, leaving out all the battles. Voltaire seems so impressed with his magnanimity and generosity ... V. seems really to forget where the money came from.'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 12 Apr 1896 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cambridge specific address: The Grove |
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| Reader: | Emma Darwin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 2 May 1808 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Voltaire |
| Title: | The Age of Lewis XIV |
| Genre: | History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 30382 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Henrietta Litchfield | |
| Title: | Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1915 | |
| Vol: | V2 | |
| Page: | 309 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta. 12 April,1896. |
| Citation: | Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 (New York, 1915), V2, p. 309, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30382, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
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