When The World Spoke French (Paperback)

from Pranamama5

I found When The world Spoke French by Marc Fumaroli a valuable resource into the history of the eighteenth century. The material is presented in a manor which suggests or presumes that the reader has previous knowledge of people and facts of the period that most likely are unknown except to eigh...

from nailgun

The book, "When the World Spoke French," written by Marc Fumaroli and translated from French to English by Richard Howard, is well written and engaging. Each chapter of the book covers a different eighteenth century Enlightenment writer. These brief biographies encompass a wide number of individu...

from lg4154

I won this book thru Library Thing and thought it was a really tough read. It took me a while to get through the book and it was comparable to reading a literature book. Basically, the book is comprised of a bunch of letters from the Enlightenment period and from some well-known names and not so ...

from Pranamama5

I found When The world Spoke French by Marc Fumaroli a valuable resource into the history of the eighteenth century. The material is presented in a manor which suggests or presumes that the reader has previous knowledge of people and facts of the period that most likely are unknown except to eigh...

from nailgun

The book, "When the World Spoke French," written by Marc Fumaroli and translated from French to English by Richard Howard, is well written and engaging. Each chapter of the book covers a different eighteenth century Enlightenment writer. These brief biographies encompass a wide number of individu...