About the book: 1962 / Great revolutionary of the 18th century, the largest figure in the French bourgeois revolution of 1789–1794, doctor of medicine and physicist, sociologist and lawyer, one of the most prominent publicists of his time, Jean Paul Marat rightfully occupies a strong place in history. Throughout his life, Marat waged an ascetic struggle against the powers that be. An undaunted revolutionary fighter, who, along with Robespierre, was one of the most popular leaders of the Mountain Party, Marat, who, in Engels’ words, had “the courage of lawlessness,” cleared the way for the revolutionary Jacobin dictatorship. “Marat, Friend of the People,” this is how he signed his fiery articles, and this is how all of revolutionary France knew him. Professor Manfred’s book introduces readers to the life and work of this outstanding democratic revolutionary.