Jean-Paul Marat Books

Jean-Paul Marat emerged as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. His writing was characterized by a fierce, uncompromising tone and a passionate advocacy for the basic human rights of society's poorest members. A vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, he published his views widely, becoming an unofficial link to the radical Jacobin faction. His assassination transformed him into a revolutionary martyr and an enduring icon of the era.