Now in paperback, The Philosopher's Kiss tells the passionate love story between Sophie, a girl from the French countryside, and Denis Diderot, the famed philosopher behind the creation of the first encyclopedia. Internationally bestselling author Peter Prange makes his US debut with a luminous historical novel. Truth. Betrayal. Revolution. Love. ENLIGHTENMENT. PARIS, 1747. Betrayed by God and humanity, eighteen-year-old Sophie moves to the seething French capital and finds work as a serving girl at Cafe Procope. Here, against her will, she falls deeply in love with...
Now in paperback, The Philosopher's Kiss tells the passionate love story between Sophie, a girl from the French countryside, and Denis Dider...