As an English-speaking college student with only a basic understanding of French, finding specific historical information about Jean-Paul Marat was quite difficult. Almost all of the works printed in English that could be located about this intriguing man are printed in a collection of short biographies on famous people of the French Revolution and so, naturally, focuses mainly on his role in the Revolution and less on himself specifically , with which books there are written about him only by the same two scholars: Louis R Gottschalk, Ph.D. and Clifford D. Conner. As has been pointed out, most of the English books written about Marat are short biographies within Marat's books on important figures of the French Revolution. Surprisingly, these mini biographies seem to focus on Marat's personal history and character before proceeding to use them to further their discussion of his role in the revolution. The most common opening seems to be to make comments on Marat's physical appearance and personality. Indeed, Henri Béraud does not open his chapter on Marat with this very topic, but follows it up with a highly opinionated depiction of Marat's motivations for every aspect of his life. Béraud attempts to counter the negative image that is usually painted of Marat's physical appearance and personality by first providing examples of how other authors describe Marat and how Marat, presumably, described himself. After the physical description of Marat, Béraud immediately moves on to examine the flaws in Marat's personality. As he states: “A disproportionate desire for celebrity, a colossal vanity; such 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; EBooks. 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 in radicalism. 1927. Reprint, New York: Noble Offset Printers, INC, 1966.Thompson, J.M. "Marat." Leader of the French Revolution. 1929. Reprint, London: The Company Printing Works (London) Ltd, 1963. 164-185.