Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume is a collection containing: The White Bull: A Satirical Romance, Zadig; or Fate, The Sage and the Atheist, The Princess of Babylon, The Man of Forty Crowns, The Huron; or, Pupil of Nature, Micromegas, The Study of Nature. Fran ois-Marie, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.