LA DAME D’ESPRIT: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MARQUISE DU CHÂTELET by Judith P. Zinsser. The life of noblewoman, mathematician, writer, translator of Sir Isaac Newton and a key figure in the French enlightenment, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1706-1749) flouted custom when she took commoner Voltaire as her lover. World English sold to Caroline White at Viking/Penguin by agent Marly Rusoff in a nice deal.
