The Princess of Babylon by Voltaire, Fiction, Classics, Literary

by Voltaire

Book Overview

But what was more admirable in Babylon, and eclipsed everything else, was the only daughter of the king, named Formosanta. It was from her pictures and statues, that in succeeding times Praxiteles sculptured his Aphrodita, and the Venus of Medicis. Heavens what a difference between the original and the copies King Belus was prouder of his daughter than of his kingdom. She was eighteen years old. It was necessary she should have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463800630
• ISBN13: 9781463800635
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Aegypan
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"