# Voltaire — The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen character guide

> Voltaire in The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-volume-ii-xxvii

## Who they are

The French philosopher referenced in the narrative.

## In the story

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxv)

Mentioned as part of the National Assembly gathered on the French coast.

### [The Baron makes a speech to the National Assembly, and drives out all the members—Routs the fishwomen and the National Guards—Pursues the whole rout into a Church, where he defeats the National Assembly, etc., with Rousseau, Voltaire, and Beelzebub at their head, and liberates Marie Antoinette and the Royal Family.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiv)

Appears as a meager skeleton specter with a lyre and dagger, leading the Assembly's invocation; the Baron compels him to renounce his errors.

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