| #1218355 in Books | 2011-04-12 | 2011-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x1.30 x5.31l,.79 | File type: PDF | 448 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Laurel Corona's Finding Emilie is a beautifully narrated novel about one of the most brilliant women ...|By Claudia Moscovici|Inspired by David Bodanis' lively biography of Madame de Chatelet, Passionate Minds, and Judith Zinsser's book on the subject, Laurel Corona's Finding Emilie is a beautifully narrated novel about one of the most brilliant women of the Enlightenment. What|From Publishers Weekly|Six days after giving birth to a daughter, Lily, the marquise du Châtelet dies, leaving Lili in the care of her friend Julie, who's just given birth to her own daughter, Delphine. The marquise was noted for her intellect and free spi
Woman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets. . . .
Lili du Châtelet yearns to know more about her mother, the brilliant French mathematician Emilie. But the shrouded details of Emilie’s unconventional life—and her sudden death—are elusive. Caught between the confines of a convent upbringing and the intrigues of the Versailles court, Lili blossoms under the care of a Parisian salonnière as she absorbs the excitement of t...
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