An edition of Tom Paine: a political life (1995)

Tom Paine

a political life

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An edition of Tom Paine: a political life (1995)

Tom Paine

a political life

1st American ed.
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"More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine (1737-1809) strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world." So begins John Keane's magnificent biography of one of democracy's greatest champions, a man whose familiarity to us is partly traceable to his own stupendous achievements. Coming from humble beginnings in Thetford, England, Paine later bred intense public excitement with his every move. Among friends and enemies alike, he earned a reputation as the greatest political figure of his day and the author of the eighteenth century's three bestselling books. Variously employed in England as a corset maker, ship's hand, Methodist lay preacher, exciseman, and writer who dabbled in public affairs, he later became the key pamphleteer in the American Revolution and author of Common Sense, an intellectual cornerstone of American democracy. In Britain, his Rights of Man frightened the establishment. Paine was also twice invited to France, where he helped draft the 1793 constitution, narrowly escaped the guillotine during the Terror, and wrote the most explosive modern plea for secularism, The Age of Reason. Setting his compelling narrative against a vivid social backdrop, John Keane melds together the public and private sides of Paine's life in a remarkable piece of scholarship, which is also thrilling to read. Meticulously researched and drawing on newly available material from the United States and Europe, this is the definitive biography of a man whose life and work have an uncanny resonance for our times.

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Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
644

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Tom Paine: a political life
2003, Grove Press
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Tom Paine: a political life
1995, Little, Brown
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Tom Paine: a political life
1995, Bloomsbury
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-617) and index.
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 1995.

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New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
320.51/092, B
Library of Congress
JC178.V5 K43 2003, JC178.V5K43 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 644 p. ;
Number of pages
644

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3562633M
Internet Archive
tompainepolitica0000kean_q7l9
ISBN 10
0802139647
LCCN
2002029961
OCLC/WorldCat
50447898
Library Thing
26105
Goodreads
146984

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