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Thomas Paine: His Life, His Time and the Birth of Modern Nations: His Life, His Time and the Birth of the Modern Nations (Hardcover)

by Craig Nelson (Author) "JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK on or about September 25 in the year 1819, a fifty-six-year-old Englishman by the name of William Cobbett found himself twenty-two miles..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Profile Books (18 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861976380
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861976383
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 160,094 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"major new biography of the radical thinker...still relevant to politics today." - The Bookseller 'With a panache worthy of Paine himself, Nelson reinstates his subject as a progressive thinker and passionate activist as relevant to our times as to his own.' - Iain Finlayson, The Times 'a vigorous biography of Thomas Paine that puts him in the context of his contrary times...Nelson's excellent book strikes a balance between sympathy and criticism.' - David Horspool, Daily Telegraph 'today, nearly half of the world's nations have democratic elections and the freedoms which Paine's revolutionary generation hoped to achieve.' Independent on Sunday, Cal McCrystal 'exciting and cheery biography...Nelson shows how this elusive, prickly autodidact embodied the ideas of his time while at the same time standing apart from his similarly enlightened contemporaries.' Christopher Silvester - Daily Express


Professor Joseph J. Ellis - Author of His Excellency: George Washington

'Brings Paine to life... The story is poignant and the prose is
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JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK on or about September 25 in the year 1819, a fifty-six-year-old Englishman by the name of William Cobbett found himself twenty-two miles due north of New York City, stumbling pink-faced and ardent through the wild blackness of Westche Read the first page
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After seeing a fantastic production of 'A New World - The life and times of Thomas Paine' at the Globe Theatre, London, I decided to find out more about a hugely influential man I had never heard of before. The book is packed full of imformation, both about Thomas Paine and also about the people and the world in which he lived. It appears to be thoroughly researched and puts his works into the context of the social and political systems operating at the time. As a history textbook it is comprehensive. However, as a non-historian, I found it a little inaccessible and would have preferred a shorter and snappier review - unfortunately there were no reviews to check when I bought it!
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