Common Sense Manuscripts and Elizabeth

and Elizabeth

and a spectacular nude by Bonnard

This edition brings together 50 of the finest medieval bible manuscripts from the Austrian National Library

and whimsical creatures

In this scholarly volume

Common Sense Manuscripts and ElizabethThomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half million copies, approximately equal to