The Complete Plays of Jean Racine: Volume 4: Athaliah by Jean Racine

The Complete Plays of Jean Racine: Volume 4: Athaliah

Jean Racine with Geoffrey Alan Argent (Translator)

154 pages first pub 1690 (editions)

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As Voltaire famously opined, Athaliah, Racine's last play, is "perhaps the greatest masterwork of the human spirit." Its formidable antagonists, Athaliah, queen of Judah, and Jehoiada, high priest of the temple of Jerusalem, are engaged in a deadl...

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