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By MICHAEL SCHREIBER

“Jean Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution,” by Clifford D.

Conner.

Clifford D. Conner's latest book is The Tragedy of American Science.

I was born in New Jersey, grew up in Tennessee, and went to college at Georgia Tech.

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Pluto Press, London 2012.

Historians have not been kind to Jean Paul Marat. Published scholars of the French Revolution, at least in the English language, almost invariably disparage Marat and his work, portraying him as a wild man, a demagogue, even a criminal.

Some historians belittle Marat’s significance to the revolutionary struggle as being of small consequence, while others, in complete contradiction, credit his calls for the guillotine as a major inspiration for the Terror that began after his death.

Similarly, a glance at popular biographies of Marat on the internet will find little sympathy for the French leader.

The on-line Encyclopedia Britannica states in its summary for young readers: “… Jean-Paul Marat was murdered at the peak of his power and influence. His own violent death came as a result of his fanatic suppor