Mahomet, Oedipus, Socrates and Other Plays

Three plays in verse translation, led by Zaïre, the tragedy of a Christian captive who loves a Muslim sultan and Voltaire's biggest stage success. With The Death of Caesar and the comedy The Prodigal.

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Four tragedies, from Mérope, a mother's struggle to save her son, to The Orphan of China, set at the court of Genghis Khan, and Brutus, a drama of Roman liberty. Each comes with Voltaire's own prefaces and letters.

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The complete Henriade, the epic poem in ten cantos about Henry IV and the wars of religion that made Voltaire famous at 30. The volume adds a selection of his letters and miscellaneous pieces.

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Voltaire's poetry in English: the Poem on the Lisbon Disaster, The Law of Nature, The Temple of Taste, The Battle of Fontenoy and dozens of shorter verses, epistles and epigrams.

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