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

Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase. The "Précis du siècle de Louis XV" is Voltaire's vivid and engaging account of his own era. In this volume, the War of the Austrian Succession concludes with the victory of Maria Theresa, and France and England continue to skirmish in the global Seven Years War. Voltaire then turns his attention to French domestic politics and the attempted assassination of the king by Damiens, in the context of the struggle bet