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D'Alembert's Principle: A Novel in Three Panels

3.6/5 ( ratings)

As the scientist D'Alembert nears the end of his life, he looks back on his friendships with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot and mourns his unrequited love for a woman who spent years deceiving him. At the same time, an exiled Jacobite dreams of journeying to the planets, and in a prison cell two unlikely captives discuss love, language, and fate. Meticulously crafted, D'Alembert's Principle is a fascinating historical triptych about memory, reason, and imagination set in the rich and lavish world of eighteenth-century Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: October 30, 1999

ISBN: 0312204019

ISBN 13: 9780312204013

D'Alembert's Principle: A Novel in Three Panels

3.6/5 ( ratings)

As the scientist D'Alembert nears the end of his life, he looks back on his friendships with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot and mourns his unrequited love for a woman who spent years deceiving him. At the same time, an exiled Jacobite dreams of journeying to the planets, and in a prison cell two unlikely captives discuss love, language, and fate. Meticulously crafted, D'Alembert's Principle is a fascinating historical triptych about memory, reason, and imagination set in the rich and lavish world of eighteenth-century Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: October 30, 1999

ISBN: 0312204019

ISBN 13: 9780312204013

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