Voltaire in Love (37 page)

Taillandier, René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, called Saint-René (1817–79),
165

Teniers, David (1610–94),
60

Thieriot, Nicholas-Claude (1696–1772): Voltaire's relationship
with,
10
; gossiping about Voltaire's writings,
12
; guest at La Rivière-Bourdet,
17
; laziness,
17
; makes trouble between Voltaire and Desfontaines,
18
,
47
; Voltaire writes to from England,
22–3
; steals copies of the
Henriade,
24–5
; Voltaire complains to about unhappiness,
26
; Voltaire tries to get him into Fontaine-Martel's house,
27
; and
Lettres philosophiques
,
33–4
; Voltaire writes to from Cirey,
46
; laziness about correspondence,
61
; sends Frederick the Great a weekly news bulletin from Paris,
66
; Voltaire's niece writes to about life at Cirey,
77–8
; involvement in Voltaire's row with Desfontaines over Newton book,
80
,
82
,
83–5
,
86
,
88
; Frederick won't pay for materials sent to him,
125
,
136
,
147
; socialises with Voltaire in Paris,
131

Thil, Mlle du,
164
,
220

Thurn and Taxis, Princess,
120

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696–1770),
60

Travenol,
167

Trichâteau, Marquis de,
94
,
108
,
131

Valory, Louis-Gui-Henry, Marquis de (1692–1774),
123
,
125
,
147

Van Duren (publisher),
117
,
118
,
119–20

Vauvenargues, Luc Clapiers, Marquis de (1715–47),
158
,
166
,
167

Vaux-le-Vicomte (Villars), Château de,
17

Veronese, Paul (1528–88),
94

Versailles,
30

Villars
see
Vaux-le-Vicomte, Château de

Villars, Claude Louis Hector, Duc de, Marshal of France (1653–1734),
17
,
138

Villars, Duchesse de,
17
,
138

Ville, Jean-Ignace, Abbé de la (1690–1774),
214

Villefort, M. de,
57–8

Voisenon, Claude-Henri de Fusée, Abbé de (1708–75),
107

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet de) (1694–1778)
GENERAL
: appearance,
11
,
92
; art collection,
60
; attitude to critics and the public,
49
; friendships,
1
,
9–10
; generosity,
59
,
125
; health,
19
; opinion of Émilie,
57
; on Paris society,
4
; and religion,
73–4
; writing style,
52

LIFE
: background,
9–10
; love of society,
10–11
; troubles with the authorities,
11–16
; formally exiled by the Regent,
13–14
; sent to the Bastille,
14–15
; changes name,
15
; success of
Œdipe
rehabilitates him for a while,
16
; love of country house life,
16–17
; love affairs,
18
; Queen settles pension on,
18
; humiliation at hands of Rohan-Chabot ends with second trip to Bastille,
19–21
; exile in England,
22–5
; lodges with Baronne de Fontaine-Martel till her death,
27–9
; Émilie visits,
29
; trouble over
Temple,
29–30
; courts Émilie,
30–3
; correspondence with Émilie,
32–3
; attends Richelieu's wedding,
36–8
; the reaction to
the publication of
Lettres philosophiques
forces him to flee again,
38–43
; takes refuge at Cirey,
44
,
45–7
; antagonistic relationships with other writers,
47–9
; allowed to return to Paris,
49–51
; back to Cirey,
51
; his affair with Émilie is publicly revealed,
53–4
; life at Cirey,
55–8
,
60–3
,
89–106
; growing wealth from business dealings,
58–60
; begins correspondence with Frederick the Great,
64–6
; growing interest in natural philosophy,
66–7
; more trouble with the authorities sends him fleeing to Holland,
68–72
; helps his sister's daughter,
76–8
; enters Académie des Sciences fire competition, unsuccessfully,
79
; dreadful row with Desfontaines sparked by Voltaire's Newton book,
80–8
,
92–3
,
99
; his wing at Cirey,
93–4
,
154
; buys Hôtel/ Palais Lambert for Émilie,
108
; travels to Low Countries,
108–10
; trip to Paris with Émilie,
110–12
; returns to Brussels with Émilie,
112–15
; meets Frederick at last,
118–22
; Fleury uses as his unofficial envoy to Frederick,
123–6
; rejoins Émilie in Brussels,
127–30
; eye inflammation,
128
; stay in Paris with Émilie,
131–6
; his part in Prussia's alliance with France gets him into trouble again,
133–6
; fails to get elected to Académie Française,
137–9
; plots departure to Frederick's Court,
140–1
; trip to Frederick's Court,
142–7
; rejoins Émilie,
147–8
; happy summer at Cirey with Émilie,
151–5
; prepares work to be performed at Versailles,
152–4
,
155
,
158
; attends thanksgiving festivities for King's recovery from illness,
155–6
; affair with niece,
157–8
; made official historian and given apartment at Versailles,
159
; opens correspondence with Pope,
163–4
; at Court,
164–5
; worsening health,
165
,
167–8
; elected to Académie Française at last,
165
; slander campaign against,
165–7
; disastrous visit to Fontainebleau with Émilie results in lost influence at Court,
169–71
,
172
; hides at Sceaux,
171–2
; spends more time with Duchesse de Maine,
173–5
; relationship with Émilie in doldrums,
175–7
; leaves Paris again, in semi-exile,
177–80
; carriage accident,
179–80
; visit to Lorraine Court,
186–96
; quarrels with Denis,
201
; travels, very ill, to Lunéville,
201–2
; a further stay in Lorraine,
202–6
; reaction to Émilie being pregnant by Saint-Lambert,
208–10
; recommences correspondence with Frederick,
212–13
; accompanies Émilie to Lunéville for the end of her pregnancy,
216–19
; reaction to baby's birth,
219–20
; reaction to Émilie's death,
220–3
; later life,
224

WORKS
:
Adéla de du Guesclin,
33
,
34
;
Alzire,
46
,
47
,
71
,
159
;
Babouc,
172
;
La Bataille de Fontenoy gagnée par Louis XVsur les Alliés,
161
,
162
;
Le Bourbier,
11;
Boursoufle,
97
,
99–100
,
173–5
;
Brutus,
26
;
Candide,
67
;
Catalina,
203
;
Contes philos-ophiques,
172
,
206
;
Dictionnaire philosophique,
67
; Les
Élements de la philosophie de Newton,
67
,
79–80
;
Éloge Funèbre,
153–4
;
UEnfant prodigue,
159
;
Épîtres,
97
;
Essay on Epic Poetry,
47–8
;
Henriade,
12
,
17–18
,
24–5
,
67
,
87
,
110
;
Histoire de Charles XII,
26
,
82
;
L'Indiscret,
18
;
Lettres philosophiques,
26
,
33–4
,
38–41
,
82
,
139
;
Mahomet,
109
,
121
,
130
,
133
,
135–6
,
164
;
Marianne,
18
;
Mérope,
117
,
137–8
,
159
,
187
;
Métaphysique,
70
; Le
Mondain,
67–8
,
69
; La Mort de
César,
52–4
,
100
,
140
; Nanine,
212
;
Ode sur lefanatisme,
112
;
Œdipe,
15–16
,
159
;
Panégyrique à Louis XV,
214–15
; Le
Préservatif contre les Observations,
81
,
88
,
92–3
;
La Princesse de Navarre,
153–4
,
155
,
158
;
La Pucelle,
46
,
50–1
,
98–9
,
103–4
,
206
;
Recueil de pièces fugitives,
112–13
;
Samson,
152
;
Sémi-ramis,
170
,
191
,
193
,
197
,
199–201
,
203
,
204–5
;
Siècle de Louis XIV,
52
,
74
,
96
,
109
,
112
;
Le Temple de la Gloire,
164
;
Le Temple du Goût,
26
,
29–30
;
Zadig,
172
;
Zaïre,
26
,
62
,
102
,
159
,
204
;
Zulime,
85–6

Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1694–1721),
60
,
94
,
126

Wilkes, John (1727–97),
23

Wolff, Christian, Baron de,
64
,
113
,
118

Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary (1689–1762),
62

Young, Edward,
24