New from Pluto: 'Jean Paul Marat - Tribune of the French Revolution' by Clifford D. Conner

Jean Paul Marat
 Tribune of the French Revolution
 Clifford D. Conner

Paperback | 9780745331935 | £12.99 / $21
 Hardback | 9780745331942 | £45 / $75

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 'Cliff Conner's biography is a fresh, welcome look at one of the most complex and fascinating figures of the French Revolution. Marat's tumultuous career has many echoes for our own time, among them raising the question: are human rights merely legal and political, or are they economic as well?' – Adam Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley, author of 'King Leopold's Ghost' (1999) and 'Bury the Chains' (2006)
 
 'This short biography, written in an accessible and lively style,  presents an activist and journalist from the French Revolution, and rescues him from myths and slanders. It stresses his passion for equality and his defence of the poorest classes in society, drawing out the originality and continuing relevance of an often neglected figure.' – Ian Birchall, former senior lecturer of French at Middlesex University and author of 'The Spectre of Babeuf' (1997)
 
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 Jean-Paul Marat’s role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians. Often he has been portrayed as a violent, sociopathic demagogue. This biography challenges that interpretation and argues that without Marat’s contributions as an agitator, tactician, and strategist, the pivotal social transformation that the Revolution accomplished might well not have occurred.
 
 Clifford D. Conner argues that what was unique about Marat - which set him apart from all other major figures of the Revolution, including Danton and Robespierre - was his total identification with the struggle of the propertyless classes for social equality.
 
 This is an essential book for anyone interested in the history of the revolutionary period and the personalities that led it.
 
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 CLIFFORD D. CONNER is on the faculty of the School of Professional Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Centre, where he teaches history. He has written biographies of two eighteenth-century Irish revolutionaries, 'Colonel Despard' (2000) and 'Arthur O’Connor' (2009). He is also the author of the acclaimed 'A People’s History of Science' (2005) and is on the editorial board of 'The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest'.
 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 List of Illustrations
 Preface
 Acknowledgment
 List of Abbreviations
 
 Introduction - The Phantom and the Historians
 
 1. The Early Years
 
 2. The Physician and the Physicist: 1765–1789
 
 3. From the Estates General to the King’s Flight: January 1789–June 1791
 
 4. From the Champs de Mars Massacre to the September Massacres: July 1791–September 1792
 
 5. From the Convention Elections to the Assassination: September 1792–July 1793
 
 Conclusion: From the Cult of Marat to the Légende Noire and Beyond
 
 Notes
 Index
 
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