Coming up in this episode: While Voltaire was living in exile in London...
This interesting anecdote when Voltaire was living in exile in London can be found in the book 'The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes' by Clifton Fadiman.
Coming up in this episode: While Voltaire was living in exile in London...
Hello Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
In this short episode, I am going to narrate an interesting anecdote when Voltaire was living in exile in London at a time when anti-French sentiment was at its highest. One day walking through the streets, he found himself surrounded by an angry crowd. "Hang him. Hang the Frenchman," they yelled.
Voltaire calmly addressed the mob with the following words:
"Men of England! You wish to kill me because I am a Frenchman. Am I not punished enough in not being born an Englishman?" The crowd cheered his thoughtful words, and escorted him safely back to his lodgings.
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman, ED., 1985.
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