18th Century

'If this is the best of all possible worlds, then what must the others be like?' Young Candide is tossed on a hilarious tide of misfortune, experiencing the full horror and injustice of this 'best of all possible worlds' - the Old and the New - before...

'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She...

When the immoral libertine Monsieur de Franval marries and fathers a daughter, he decides to inculcate in her a sense of absolute freedom, an unconventional education that involves the two becoming secret lovers. But Franval's virtuous, God-fearing wife...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780461123524Author DesfontainesFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint HardPress LtdPublisher HardPress Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781888872Author Jean-Alexandre PerrasFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Modern Humanities Research AssociationPublisher Modern Humanities Research...