Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.
Edmund Morgan was an American historian known for his works on early American history, particularly the colonial era. His writings offered fresh insights into the complexities of the American Revolution and the nation's founding period.