Epic poem · 1762

The Henriade

An epic poem in ten cantos

by Voltaire

Translated by Tobias Smollett, Thomas Francklin and others (1762)

Voltaire's epic of Henri IV and the French Wars of Religion, from the St Bartholomew massacre to the siege and surrender of Paris.

Contents · 10 parts

• Canto Iabout 390 lines
• Canto IIabout 360 lines
• Canto IIIabout 430 lines
• Canto IVabout 460 lines
• Canto Vabout 400 lines
• Canto VIabout 380 lines
• Canto VIIabout 520 lines
• Canto VIIIabout 520 lines
• Canto IXabout 360 lines
• Canto Xabout 510 lines

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