Voltaire: A Sense of History

by John Leigh

It was not only in his histories that Voltaire thought, worried and wrote about history. In fact, many of Voltaire's most provocative and tantalising remarks on history lie outside the province of the so-called OEuvres historiques, in the vast expanses of his complete works, and historical events and historical figures elicit some of his most imaginative writing. Voltaire's propensity to write about history in works that are not histories sheds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 072940837X
• ISBN13: 9780729408370
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 258 Pages