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Voltaire: passing nods from the Dauphine

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave

Thievery begins at the top? The right of kings and card sharps. He was unhappy at Versailles. He wrote to Madame Denis complaining that he was bored to death by court society and the conversation of the great. ” I … Continue reading →

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