Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsA fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... House of Commons ' debate on whether to raise taxes to pay soldiers three shillings a week . The men were already supposed to be receiving that sum , but endemic graft meant they got only about half that , and Secretary at War George ...
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... house had burned down the year before , they had to sleep in a tent — and the following week they sailed on the Hercules , with the corpse , to England . During a customs inspection at Liverpool on No- vember 21 , 1819 , Cobbett opened ...
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... houses , and taverns of the middle class ( which be- came nicknamed " tattling universities " ) . Soon enough , men like - minded in business or hobby began making regular appearances at set locations and turned them into clubs . There ...
Contents
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Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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