About the Author

After graduating in Classics from Cambridge, Ian Davidson worked for the Financial Times for many years as their Paris correspondent and chief foreign affairs columnist. He is also the author of Voltaire (Pegasus) and Voltaire in Exile (Grove). Ian lives in England.

Reviews

A new biography of Voltaire 'the man' is long overdue, and Davidson has done an admirable job in writing it. Voltaire emerges from the story as a champion of civil liberties whose flaws were decidedly human.

A powerful and illuminating book.