The Daring Voltaire (Rebel Thinkers, #2)

Voltaire wrote 50 plays, dozens of treatises on science, politics and philosophy. He was also a historian, penning several books of history on the Russian Empire and the French Parliament. He also had the itch to write poetry. He left a voluminous correspondence of about 20,000 letters to friends and other correspondents.

A veritable literary monster.

Although Candide departs from normal novelistic practice, many critics consider it a timeless work of art; some consider it a masterpiece and a...