Tom Paine (H Books) [Hardcover]

Harry Harmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2006 | Series: H Books

Always Tom to admirers and enemies alike, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) is perhaps the most famous unknown figure of the American Revolution, ruthlessly expunged from the history of the birth of the United States while the nation was still young. When the prizes were given out, Paine was always somewhere else, forgotten, refused an invitation to the celebrations. But when the image has faded almost to invisibility, Paine is rediscovered, singing in his optimism, ‘We have it in our power to begin the world over again.’

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Review

'There is something clean, sober and useful in arranging the chronological facts of a life, as they may be ascertained, and eschewing amateur psychoanalysis and other such sordid speculation.' -- Steven Poole The Guardian

About the Author

Harry Harmer lives in Lewes, Tom Paine’s home for six years. He has a PhD in History from the London School of Economics. Among his previous books are Martin Luther King, the Longman Companion to the Labour Party and the Longman Companion to Slavery, Emancipation and Civil Rights.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 126 pages
• Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904950248
• ISBN-13: 978-1904950240
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,000,298 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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