Letters on england, paperback/voltaire

Description Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaires response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture.

Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.

About the Author Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment.

Among his best-known works is the satirical short story CANDIDE (1759).