1756 The History of the War of 1741

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Leather Binding

ESTC Citation No. T137624.

Detailing the war of 1741 between the Hats of Sweden and Russia, which resulted in Sweden losing more land to Russia.

Voltaire never willingly published this work; the manuscript of the first book was 'stolen' and published under his name in Amsterdam in 1755. Interestingly, he never elected to publish his complete copy of the work, instead publishing selected parts of it in his 'Collection Complete des Oeuvres de Voltaire'.

Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French writer and historian active during the Enlightenment. He was a proponent of freedom of speech and outspoken against Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church. He was an especially prolific writer, with his works spanning poetry, novels, essays, histories and plays across over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was also extremely influential on historiography.

Published in 1756, this edition was published by the manuscript thieves, with no publisher or place of publication stated.

A fascinating work.