Tom Paine: A Political Life
- ISBN-10
- 0802139647
- ISBN-13
- 9780802139641
- Series
- Tom Paine
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 644
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- John Keane
Description
Portrays the life of one of democracy's greatest champions--a soldier, diplomat, and pamphleteer of the American Revolution who helped draft the French Constitution.
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