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Tom Paine : A Political Life
Hardback Edition: 1
So begins John Keane's magnificent and award-winning biography of one of democracy's greatest champions. Among friends and enemies alike, Paine earned a reputation as a notorious pamphleteer, one of the greatest political figures of his day, and the author of three seminal books, Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. Setting his compelling narrative against a vivid social backdrop of pre-revolutionary America and the French Revolution, John Keane melds together the public and the shadowy private sides of Paine's life in a remarkable piece of scholarship. This is the definitive biography of a man whose life and work profoundly shaped the modern age.
Pages : 688
Publisher : Bloomsbury
Publication date : 2009-06-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History, Politics, Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions, Political Leaders & Leadership