Seventeen Plays by Voltaire

Included in this omnibus edition are seventeen of Voltaire's most important plays including Brutus, Socrates, Alzire, Orestes, Catiline, S miramis, Pandora, The Scotch Woman, Nanine, The Prude, M rope, Olympia, The Orphan of China, Mahomet, Amelia, OEdipus, and Mariamne. During his life time Voltaire was far and away the most successful French playwright, these are the plays that cemented his popularity and made him a household name during his own lifetime.