Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 2007 M09 4 - 432 páginas A 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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... London WC2R ORL , England Penguin Ireland , 25 St Stephen's Green , Dublin 2 , Ireland ( a division of Penguin Books Ltd ) Penguin Group ( Australia ) , 250 Camberwell Road , Camberwell , Victoria 3124 , Australia ( a division of ...
... London WC2R ORL , England Penguin Ireland , 25 St Stephen's Green , Dublin 2 , Ireland ( a division of Penguin Books Ltd ) Penguin Group ( Australia ) , 250 Camberwell Road , Camberwell , Victoria 3124 , Australia ( a division of ...
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... London , Cobbett issued both The Porcupine ( Fear God : Honour the King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to Britain's Post Office Secretary . When Cobbett ...
... London , Cobbett issued both The Porcupine ( Fear God : Honour the King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to Britain's Post Office Secretary . When Cobbett ...
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... of England will . " Cobbett had decided that he would exhume the decade - old corpse of Thomas Paine from his long - forgotten grave on deserted New Rochelle farmland . He would then sail with it to London 6 THOMAS PAINE.
... of England will . " Cobbett had decided that he would exhume the decade - old corpse of Thomas Paine from his long - forgotten grave on deserted New Rochelle farmland . He would then sail with it to London 6 THOMAS PAINE.
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... London , and there construct the grand mausoleum that he fervently believed the greatest hero of the century truly deserved . The digging , even with the coming of first light , was difficult . Finally the deteriorating cadaver was ...
... London , and there construct the grand mausoleum that he fervently believed the greatest hero of the century truly deserved . The digging , even with the coming of first light , was difficult . Finally the deteriorating cadaver was ...
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... London on the border of Norfolk and Suf- folk at the dead center of the Brecklands , in Britain's swollen eastern belly . The Brecks see little rainfall , but host a great acreage of river , pond , lake , and marshland teeming with ...
... London on the border of Norfolk and Suf- folk at the dead center of the Brecklands , in Britain's swollen eastern belly . The Brecks see little rainfall , but host a great acreage of river , pond , lake , and marshland teeming with ...
Contenido
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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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
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