Catherine & Diderot : the empress, the philosopher, and the fate of the Enlightenment /

When Empires Collide is a history of the famous encounter between the French philosopher Denis Diderot and his patron, Empress Catherine II of Russia, in 1773. The book begins many years earlier and traces the life of Diderot and Catherine in alternating chapters, painting a vivid and complex portra...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zaretsky, Robert, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
Diderot, Denis, > 1713-1784.
Diderot, Denis, > 1713-1784
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796
Enlightenment > Russia > History.
Siècle des Lumières > Russie > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Enlightenment.
Russia.
History.
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