As an English-speaking student with only a basic, conversational understanding of French, finding historical information specifically about Jean-Paul Marat has been rather difficult. Almost every work printed in English that could be located on this intriguing man is printed in a collection of short biographies on famous figures of the French Revolution and therefore naturally focuses primarily on his role in the Revolution and less on himself in particular, with what books there are on him alone that were written by the same two researchers: Louis R Gottschalk, Ph.D. and Clifford D. Conner. As has been pointed out, most English books written about Marat are short biographies included in books by the same author on important figures of the French Revolution. Surprisingly, these mini-biographies seem to focus on Marat's personal history and character before using them to further their argument about his role in the revolution. The most common opening seems to be to comment on Marat's physical appearance and personality. In fact, Henri Béraud does not open his chapter on Marat with this same subject, but continues it with a very opinionated portrait of Marat's motivations for each aspect of his life. Béraud attempts to counter the negative image that is usually given of Marat's physical appearance and personality by first giving examples of how other authors describe Marat and how Marat, supposedly , described himself. After Marat's physical description, Béraud immediately turns to examining the flaws. in the personality of Marat. As he puts it: “A disproportionate desire for fame, colossal vanity; these were the dominant characteristics to which all of Marat's actions, good or bad, can be attributed...... middle of paper ...... French Revolution, x22. Ibid., ix23. Ibid., 112-115BibliographyBéraud, Henri. “Marat.” In Twelve portraits of the French Revolution. 1928. Reprint, Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1968. 117-132. Conner, Clifford D. Jean Paul Marat: scientist and revolutionary. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1997. Conner, Clifford D.. Jean Paul Marat Tribune of the French Revolution. London: Pluto Press; Electronic book. 2012. Gottschalk, Louis R.. “The radicalism of Jean Paul Marat”. The Sewanee Review 29, no. 2 (1921): 155-170. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27533413 (accessed November 11, 2013). Gottschalk, Louis Reichenthal. Jean-Paul Marat. A study on radicalism. 1927. Reprint, New York: Noble Offset Printers, INC, 1966. Thompson, JM. “Marat.” Leaders of the French Revolution. 1929. Reprint, London: The Company Printing Works (London) Ltd, 1963. 164-185.