by Max Gallo · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253128946
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«Moi, j'écris pour agir: Vie de Voltaire» is the biography of Voltaire by Max Gallo, in paperback from LGF/Le Livre de Poche, 627 pages, in French.
Max Gallo restores Voltaire's human dimension and traces his life from birth to death, showing how he forged his destiny with words and works: tragedies, essays, tales, pamphlets and letters. The portrait reflects the Enlightenment and its struggles, and the contradictions of a man who put freedom above all.
Max Gallo, member of the Académie française, wrote this biography in 2010; a work that combines history and philosophy.
For readers of historical biographies and the French Enlightenment, interested in eighteenth-century thought.
Max Louis Jules Gallo was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. He served in the National Assembly (1981–1983), as Spokesperson of the Government under Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy (1983–1984), and in the European Parliament (1984–1994).
