Synopsis		PENGUIN CLASSICS PERSIAN LETTERS Montesquieu - Author C. J. Betts - Translator C. J. Betts - Introduction by $16.00 Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 352 pages | ISBN 9780140442816 | 28 Jun 2004 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP In the form of letters between two Persian travelers in eighteenth-century Europe, this novel was written to show that France was moving from benevolent monarchy to royal tyranny. Send this page to a friend Booksellers | Press Office | Librarians | Acadenics | Corporate Sales | Terms of Use | Privacy | Permissions | ISBN-13 | PTG Copyright © 2002-2009 Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc.