Mérope, The Orphan of China, Brutus and Olympia

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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Mahomet, his tragedy about religious fanaticism, alongside Oedipus, the play that launched his career in 1718, Mariamne, Amelia and Socrates. The volume shows Voltaire bringing his fight against intolerance to the stage.

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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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