First published 2006
It's 1791. As the French Revolution rages, Thomas Paine pens a rebuttal to Edmund Burke's denunciation of the uprising. Paine's Rights of Man asserts that all people possess inalienable rights - a direct challenge to the divine right of kings. Banned in Britain, the book's revolutionary spirit soon spreads, stoking uprisings that threaten to topple monarchies. Paine must decide whether to flee or risk arrest, doubling down on his convictions for the cause of Enlightenment ideals.
Genres: biography, historical-fiction, 20th-century, political-science, 19th-century, activism, french-revolution, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: based-on-true-events, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Britain, France
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century
158 pages · Paperback · Grove Press