Mahomet (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781515431022)

This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed to see in it a bloody satire against the Christian religion. Almost three hundred years later critics are still unclear if this play is a rebuke of Islam or of Christianity or, perhaps, both.

Author: Voltaire
ISBN-10: 1515431029
ISBN-13: 9781515431022
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 54
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d