Inspiration from Voltaire’s spirit was substantially assisted by past and present Voltairean scholars. I hereby acknowledge my gratitude to the authors of these two works:
The Life of Voltaire, vol. I and II, James Parton, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1882
Voltaire, Georg Brandes, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1936 (especially useful on the mystery surrounding Adrienne Lecouvreur’s death, although the deductions are my own)
I am most grateful to the following authors and publishers for granting me permission to quote Voltaire directly or indirectly, or make reference to translations from their works:
Candide and Other Stories, Voltaire, The World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, translation Roger Pearson, 1998
Letters Concerning the English Nation, Voltaire, The World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1999
The Portable Voltaire, Penguin Books, 1977, edited by Ben Ray Redman, including: Candide, Micromégas, Zadig, L’Ingénue, The White Bull, The Philosophical Dictionary, and Miscellaneous letters
Thanks also to Simon and Schuster for permission to reproduce in part historical narrative related in:
The Age of Louis XIV, vol. VIII, Will Durant
The Age of Voltaire, Will and Ariel Durant, vol. IX
Rousseau and Revolution, Will and Ariel Durant, vol. X, from The Story of Civilization, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1961
Thanks to Sony Music Entertainment for permission to quote notes by Didier C. Deutsch accompanying:
Candide, book by Lillian Hellman, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Richard Wilbur, additional lyrics by John LaTouche and Dorothy Parker. Original Broadway Cast Recording 1956, Sony Broadway, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., reissued 1991.
With special thanks to M. Charles Wirz, director, and Madame Catherine Walser, librarian, Le Musée Voltaire, Les Délices, Geneva for their help in locating the following background reading:
Correspondance, Grimm, Diderot, Raynal, Meister, etc. vol. IX, Garnier Frères, Libraires-éditeurs, 1879
Épître CVIII
L’Orphelin de la Chine
Zaïre
Essai sur les Moeurs
The Works of Voltaire, A Contemporary Version, Dingwall-Rock Ltd., translations by William F. Fleming, 1927
Lettere d’Amore al Nipote, Sellerio edizione Palermo, 1993
On Tolerance on the Occasion of the Death of Jean Calas
Voltaire et la Chine, Meng Hua, Thèse de doctorat ès lettres, University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1988
The French Image of China Before and After Voltaire, by Basil Guy, Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, vol. XXI
Also useful for background were:
The Age of Louis XIV, Voltaire, Everyman’s Library, Dutton, New York, translation Martyn P. Pollack, 1969
Voltaire and Enlightenment, The Great Philosophers, John Gray, Phoenix/Orion Publishing Group Ltd. 1998
Voltaire in Love, Nancy Mitford, Carroll and Graf, 1957
Madame de Pompadour, Nancy Mitford, Hamish Hamilton, 1954
‘Voltaire and Frederick the Great,’ from Books and Characters, French and English by Lytton Strachey, 1915, edited by Geoffrey Sauer
‘A Village Mobilizes To Save Voltaire’s House,’ by Marlise Simons, The New York Times, June 9, 1996
Voltaire à table, Christiane Mervaud, Éditions Desjonquères, 1998
Madame Voltaire, Gilbert Mercier, Éditions de Fallois, Paris, 2001
Larousse Gastronomique, Prosper Montagne, Crown, New York, 1966