The Life of Thomas Paine Conway Paperback Cambridge University Press Volume 1

The Life of Thomas PaineWith a History of his Literary, Political and Religious Career in America, France, and England\nAuthor(s): Moncure Daniel Conway\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108045353, 978-1108045353\nSynopsis\nMoncure Daniel Conway [tel], the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister, but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. This two-volume biography of Thomas Paine [tel] was published in 1892, and was followed by a four-volume edition of his works, which did much to inspire a reassessment of Paine's importance in the 'age of revolutions'. Conway clearly identified with Paine's radicalism as well as his activities on both sides of the Atlantic. Volume 1 covers his early life, his arrival in .