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Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence

Af: Harlow Giles Unger Engelsk Hardback

Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence

Af: Harlow Giles Unger Engelsk Hardback
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From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers'' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men''s souls.

Thomas Paine''s words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine''s aroused men to action like no one else. The most widely read political writer of his generation, he proved to be more than a century ahead of his time, conceiving and demanding unheard-of social reforms that are now integral elements of modern republican societies. Among them were government subsidies for the poor, universal housing and education, pre- and post-natal care for women, and universal social security. An Englishman who emigrated to the American colonies, he formed close friendships with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and his ideas helped shape the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

However, the world turned against Paine in his later years. While his earlier works, Common Sense and Rights of Man, attacked the political and social status quo here on earth, The Age of Reason attacked the status quo of the hereafter. Former friends shunned him, and the man America had hailed as the muse of the American Revolution died alone and forgotten.

Packed with action and intrigue, soldiers and spies, politics and perfidy, Unger''s Thomas Paine is a much-needed new look at a defining figure.
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From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers'' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men''s souls.

Thomas Paine''s words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine''s aroused men to action like no one else. The most widely read political writer of his generation, he proved to be more than a century ahead of his time, conceiving and demanding unheard-of social reforms that are now integral elements of modern republican societies. Among them were government subsidies for the poor, universal housing and education, pre- and post-natal care for women, and universal social security. An Englishman who emigrated to the American colonies, he formed close friendships with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and his ideas helped shape the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

However, the world turned against Paine in his later years. While his earlier works, Common Sense and Rights of Man, attacked the political and social status quo here on earth, The Age of Reason attacked the status quo of the hereafter. Former friends shunned him, and the man America had hailed as the muse of the American Revolution died alone and forgotten.

Packed with action and intrigue, soldiers and spies, politics and perfidy, Unger''s Thomas Paine is a much-needed new look at a defining figure.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780306921933
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0306921936
Kategori: Revolutioner, opstand og oprør
Udg. Dato: 17 okt 2019
Længde: 33mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 161mm
Forlag: Hachette Books
Oplagsdato: 17 okt 2019
Forfatter(e): Harlow Giles Unger
Forfatter(e) Harlow Giles Unger

Kategori Revolutioner, opstand og oprør

ISBN-13 9780306921933

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 33mm

Bredde 236mm

Højde 161mm

Udg. Dato 17 okt 2019

Oplagsdato 17 okt 2019

Forlag Hachette Books

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