Persian Letters

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What Wikipedia says

Persian Letters (French: Lettres persanes) is a satirical work, published in 1721, by Baron Charles de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two fictional Persian noblemen, Uzbek and Rica, who spend several years in France under Louis XIV and the Regency.

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Image: Montesquieu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.