At one point in this novel, an old woman reveals herself to be the daughter of Pope Urban X and the Princess of Palestrina.
At one point in this novel, an old woman reveals herself to be the daughter of Pope Urban X and the Princess of Palestrina. That revelation occurs on a boat headed to Paraguay, where the protagonist hopes to be able to fight some rebellious Jesuits. The protagonist recovers a jewel-laden sheep from the wreck of a Dutch merchantman, the money from which he uses to bribe the police in Paris. After their ship is wrecked off the coast of Portugal, the protagonist and his companion have to swim to Lisbon just as the city is hit by a massive earthquake. Eventually, the protagonist finds his way to Constantinople, where he liberates the old woman and Cunegonde from slavery. FTP name this short satire about the misadventures of Dr. Pangloss and the son of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh, a work of Voltaire.
At one point in this novel, an old woman reveals herself to be the daughter of Pope Urban X and the Princess of Palestrina.
Candide