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The Life of Thomas Paine, With a History of his Literary, Political and Religious Career in America, France, and England, Moncure Daniel Conway, Volume 2

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The Life of Thomas Paine, With a History of his Literary, Political and Religious Career in America, France, and England, Moncure Daniel Conway, Volume 2

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Life of Thomas Paine

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1103595805

Responsibility statement

Moncure Daniel Conway

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. North American HistoryCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

With a History of his Literary, Political and Religious Career in America, France, and England

Summary

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister, but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. This two-volume biography of Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was published in 1892, and was followed by a four-volume edition of his works, which did much to inspire a reassessment of Paine's importance in the 'age of revolutions'. Conway clearly identified with Paine's radicalism as well as his activities on both sides of the Atlantic. Volume 2 begins with the execution of Louis XVI, which Paine had opposed in the French Convention. Paine's subsequent career in Britain and America is then traced until his death in 1809, and Conway also considers his impact on his contemporaries, and his legacy.--, Provided by publisher

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