Bernard Vincent. The Transatlantic Republican, Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions.

Abstract

« That Thomas Paine was a pioneer, a prophet, a visionary is something that cannot reasonably be denied » [137]. It is true that one of Bernard Vincent’s greatest achievements in The Transatlantic Republican, Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions, is to manage to convince the reader of the exceptional character and influence of Thomas Paine not merely through the American Revolution process but also throughout a whole period of dramatic changes and conflicts and during the emergence of new ...