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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... King George III , and , under the byline " Peter Porcu- pine , " wrote such rabble - rousing commentary as calling ... King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to ...
... King George III , and , under the byline " Peter Porcu- pine , " wrote such rabble - rousing commentary as calling ... King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to ...
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... King George III . In fact , in his lifetime he was considered on intellectual par with the giants of his century , and far from being impoverished , he left an estate worth nearly a million dollars in today's money . He clearly had a ...
... King George III . In fact , in his lifetime he was considered on intellectual par with the giants of his century , and far from being impoverished , he left an estate worth nearly a million dollars in today's money . He clearly had a ...
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... King sent word that a party of French soldiers was waiting just ahead of them , and that his warriors would be glad ... king's ancestral homeland of Hanover on one continent , and made Britain the world's foremost colonial power on the ...
... King sent word that a party of French soldiers was waiting just ahead of them , and that his warriors would be glad ... king's ancestral homeland of Hanover on one continent , and made Britain the world's foremost colonial power on the ...
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... King and country , are desired to repair on board the said ship . " Pain was making his way to the docks to sign up for the romantic life of a buccaneer when he heard someone calling his name . It was his father , Joseph , who'd tracked ...
... King and country , are desired to repair on board the said ship . " Pain was making his way to the docks to sign up for the romantic life of a buccaneer when he heard someone calling his name . It was his father , Joseph , who'd tracked ...
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... king for he has a deal of the devil in him . ” Pain wondered “ if a system of government could not exist that did not require the devil . " The only other direct evidence of Pain's political life during his first thirty - seven years in ...
... king for he has a deal of the devil in him . ” Pain wondered “ if a system of government could not exist that did not require the devil . " The only other direct evidence of Pain's political life during his first thirty - seven years in ...
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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