Beaumarchais: A Biography - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

A portrait of the colorful eighteenth-century writer and public figure describes his unlikely fame as the author of The Marriage of Figaro at a time when self-fashioning was nearly impossible, his open support of American revolutionaries, and his advocacy of intellectual property rights.

Biografía del autor

One of the most respected scholars of 17th and 18th century French literature, Maurice Lever (1935-2006) was the author of over a dozen books, including biographies of Louis XV, Isadora Duncan, and the Marquis de Sade. FSG published Sade: A Biography in 1993.  

Susan Emanuel has worked as a translator for fifteen years and has translated many articles and books in history, theology, and social sciences. She lives in Burgundy and outside Boston with her husband, a scientist, and their son.