The Chemist Who Lost His Head (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Vivian Grey
- First Published: 1982
- Time of Work: 1743–1794
- Setting: Paris, France
- Principal Characters: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Marie Lavoisier, Jean-Paul Marat, Joseph Priestley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Capital punishment, Trials, French Revolution, Biography, Chemistry or chemists
- Locales: Paris, France
Form and Content
With The Chemist Who Lost His Head: The Story of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Vivian Grey has written a biography of an exceptional scientist for young readers that, considering the attention devoted to his wife, is almost a dual biography. In fourteen chapters, Grey portrays the lives of the Lavoisiers from their first meeting through their marriage, scientific collaboration, and Marie Lavoisier’s witnessing of her husband’s trial and execution during the French Revolution. The final chapter summarizes Marie’s life as a widow, a period longer than...
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