Ebook {Epub PDF} The Philosophers Kiss by Peter Prange

The Philosopher’s Kiss, a work of historical fiction by Peter Prange, was set in France in the 18th Century in Paris during the height of the Age of Enlightenment when all print was under the scrutiny and censorship of the Catholic Church. Denis Diderot, the title character, was a famous philosopher and writer whose idea it was to compile all knowledge under what became the Encyclopedia. Peter Prange weaves a fantastic tale of intrigue, mystery with facts from history. Never before has history been so interesting! The characters in "The Philosopher's Kiss" are well-developed due in part to being actual living people so long ago. Sure, he takes literary license with the people, places, events and has much conjecture, but the /5(10). Peter Prange, author of The Philosopher's Kiss states in the author's note "Fiction and Truth" at the end of this stimulating novel that he set to personify the mysterious character in the great philosopher Denis Diderot's life - Sophie Volland. In history, there doesn't seem to be much known about Sophie/5(81).

The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel|Peter Prange, Spectrum: Junior Certificate English: No. 2|John Moriarty, Life In Normandy: Sketches Of French Fishing, Farming. by Peter Prange translated by Steven T. Murray ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 5, Denis Diderot, hero of the Enlightenment, battles dark forces galore, in novelist Prange's U.S. debut. A bunch of the boys were whoopin' it up in the Café Procope—philosophers, free-thinkers, assorted roisterers and rabble-rousers—when suddenly a great. "Prange's "The Philosopher's Kiss", set in eighteenth-century France, is a careful study of the origins of the Encyclopedia and the life and love of one of its creators, Diderot. Here is historical fiction at its finest--meticulously researched with superbly drawn characters, edifying and entertaining.

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