Looking for information about Marat

[lucilla-1789.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Can anyone recommend a good and informative book about Marat? Biography, or good piece of fiction? Informative webcites?

Usually my main interest is Saint-Just (I sort of fell in love while reading some nasty stuff about him in Aubry's old book) but Marat interests me too, because he "was around" from the beginning.  Are there any scans from his L'Ami du Peuple paper to be found online? Also, if someone here has written any fictional stuff about him, I'm more than happy to read it.

Because this is my first entry here, I have to introduce myself to be polite:
I'm finnish, but moving soon to study historical and cultural studies in UK. I've studied design and cultural history for some years and publiched a (small) book about visual culture during the Revolution (symbols, art, fashion etc.) I've loved French Revolution as far back as I can remember. Apologies for my vampiric userpic. I'm an amateur horror writer.

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[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

I'm not much help in this regard, but as I recall, there WAS a fair bit about him in Vive la Revolution by Mark Steel (hilarious book, a few errors, but overall worth the read). I have Peter Weiss's play Marat/Sade, but I haven't gotten around to reading it as yet, so I can't vouch for the quality.

Welcome to the community, BTW! :)

[waxingobscure.livejournal.com]

I'm a St. Just/Robespierre girl myself, so I don't have much in the way of Marat, but I can vouch for the quality of Marat/Sade....or at least, I can vouch for it's hilarity.
There's a fair bit of music in it, and Judy Collins recorded some of it in a song called, simply, Marat/Sade. If you want it, I can upload it for you, just let me know. :-) Welcome to the collective Revolution fun!

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

There's a good biography of Marat by Jean Massin if you can read French; if you can't, I'm afraid I can't help you.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Hello~ Resident Marat-ist here! Sorry about the delay, LJ's being a bitch! So, i'm posting this in pieces so that it will actually post

One, welcome to the comm! Always welcomed, and especially a inspiring Marat-ist - we're a lonely bunch!

Okay - I have TONS of stuff for you, but one book in particular!

Jean Paul Marat: Scientist and Revolutionary (Hardcover, 1997
Author: Clifford D. Conner

This, is the GREATEST book on Marat I have EVER read - YOU HEAR ME? Absolutly AMAZING! It has his ENTIRE life in this, in depth analyse of his research, anything you could possibly imagine on Marat - right here.

'cept of course every issue of L'Ami du Peuple - but that's 23 books long, I know, my University has it, lol!

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

WEBSITES

this is where he's buried
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3242
this site makes me spit out my drink - not to take too seriously
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/frenchrevolution89/marat.html
This site is pretty good too if I remember right
http://www.snof.org/histoire/marat.html

Only fanfic I EVER found; it's in french though, it's very cute, but really sad
http://www.parages.ens.fr/n4/401.html
Scans of his actual paper?
http://classes.bnf.fr/page/grand/05-3.htm and I also have pictures of it in my files if you want more :D

last part - I SWEAR!

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Simonne now! Any questions and I'll GLADLY answer them! Don't be shy!

and if you're looking for fanart, well, I drew a bit

(oh, BTW, Marat and Sade have never met. Well, no meeting that's noted - but the play is a real mindfuck!)

[lucilla-1789.livejournal.com]

Merde, my french... I've lived in France 2 times for shost time, and still don't understand it well... Still, thanks for the links, you sure are a devoted follower :D

I so want to see that play