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On a brutal winter's day in 1650 in Stockholm, the Frenchman René Descartes, the most influential and controversial thinker of his time, was buried after a cold and lonely death far from home. Sixteen years later, the French Ambassador Hugues de Terlon secretly unearthed Descartes' bones and... read more

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  1. Russell Shorto (Author)

First Edition

Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 038551753X
Page Count: 320

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