Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography (BOOKS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD) - Tapa dura

"Hitchens is at his characteristically incisive best in writing of that champion of the oppressed, coadjutor of two revolutions, and eloquent proponent of the rights of man, Thomas Paine." "A better case can be made for the claim that Thomas Paine's Rights of Man actually affected history than for other books so far published in the series, and Christopher Hitchens makes it with characteristic verve and style. An engaging account of Paine's life and times [that is] well worth reading"

This biography traces the history of 'The Rights of Man' from the publication of Part One in 1791 in London and its rapturous reception across the Atlantic. Hitchens analyses the meaning it has acquired since its creation and its significance as the cornerstone of contemporary debates about our basic human rights.