Jesse Norman

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As a cosmopolitan citizen of the world and pioneering opponent of religious superstition, Paine fits perfectly within the modern narrative

issue 10 March 2018

  • Thomas Paine: Britain, America and France in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution

    J.C.D. Clark

    OUP, pp. 512

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