num_pages: 192
description: Jean-Paul Marats 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 Marats 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.
language: English
title: Jean Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution
publisher: Pluto Press