Republicanism in France after the Revolution

An 1820s account of the Terror in the voice of Thomas Paine
Written in French and attributed to Thomas Paine, the text recounts the dramatic events of the French Revolution between September 1792 and July 1793 in the voice of the Anglo-American revolutionary.

Although Paine often announced plans to write a history of the Revolution, the manuscripts authorship cannot be sustained.

This volume presents the first critical edition of a manuscript discovered among the papers of the Girondin leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot in the French National Archives. Written in French and attributed to Thomas Paine, the text recounts the dramatic events of the French Revolution between September 1792 and July 1793 in the voice of the Anglo-American revolutionary.

Although Paine often announced plans to write a history of the Revolution, the manuscripts authorship cannot be sustained. It was most likely composed during the Restoration by an a