Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (Complete Works of Voltaire) 29A

Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase. The "Precis du siecle de Louis XV" is Voltaire's vivid and engaging account of his own era. In this volume, the editors present the first sixteen chapters of the work: starting with an introduction to the situation in Europe at the time of Louis XIV's death in 1715, the narrative continues through the Regency and into the midst of the War of Austrian Succession, up to the iconic French victory at the Battle of F