Jean Paul Marat

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Jean Paul Marat

1743–1793

A fiery voice of the French Revolution, he moved from medicine and science into journalism and politics, becoming one of the era’s most controversial figures. His urgent, combative writing made him a hero to some readers and a dangerous radical to others.

3 Audiobooks

Reprint of Two Tracts 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes

Reprint of Two Tracts 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes

by Jean Paul Marat

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 1 (of 2) Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peuple

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 1 (of 2) Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peuple

by Jean Paul Marat

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 2 (of 2) Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peuple

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 2 (of 2) Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peuple

by Jean Paul Marat

About the author

Born in 1743, Jean-Paul Marat was a physician, scientist, journalist, and political activist whose name became inseparable from the French Revolution. Before entering revolutionary politics, he studied and practiced medicine and also wrote on scientific subjects, giving him an unusual path into public life.

Marat became famous through his newspaper L'Ami du peuple (The Friend of the People), where he wrote in a passionate, confrontational style and spoke fiercely on behalf of ordinary citizens, especially the sans-culottes. His articles attacked enemies of the Revolution and helped make him one of the best-known and most divisive political writers of his time.

In 1793, at the height of the Revolution, he was murdered by Charlotte Corday while in his bath, an event that quickly became one of the most iconic scenes in revolutionary history. His life and death turned him into a lasting symbol of both revolutionary commitment and political extremity.