โ Scribed by Francois Voltaire
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques , Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.
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