{"product_id":"9780802199539","title":"Tom Paine: A Political Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e“It is hard to imagine this magnificent biography ever being superseded . . . It is a stylish, splendidly erudite work.” —Terry Eagleton, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world.” So begins John Keane’s magnificent and award-winning (the Fraunces Tavern Book Award) biography of one of democracy’s greatest champions.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Among friends and enemies alike, Paine earned a reputation as a notorious pamphleteer, one of the greatest political figures of his day, and the author of three bestselling books, \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e. Setting his compelling narrative against a vivid social backdrop of prerevolutionary America and the French Revolution, John Keane melds together the public and the shadowy private sides of Paine’s life in a remarkable piece of scholarship. This is the definitive biography of a man whose life and work profoundly shaped the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] richly detailed . . . disciplined labor of scholarship and love, an exemplar of the rewards of a gargantuan effort at historical research. . . . In short, buy it; it’s definitive.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107158114544,"sku":"9780802199539","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802199539_p0.jpg?v=1763726009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802199539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}