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unusual facts about La Marquise


La Marquise

As the oldest car, it wore the number "0" in the 1996 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.



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Émilie du Châtelet

A main-belt minor planet and a crater on Venus have been named in her honor, and she is the subject of two plays: Legacy of Light by Karen Zacarías and Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson.

Lauren Gunderson

Gunderson's play Émilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, about the real-life 18th century physicist Émilie du Châtelet was commissioned and developed at South Coast Repertory as part of their 2008 Pacific Playwrights Festival directed by Kate Whorisky.