{"product_id":"common-sense","title":"Common Sense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe revolutionary pamphlet that helped light the fire of American Independence in an elegant hardback gift edition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas 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 \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e 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 75 million copies today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Applewood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56535078437243,"sku":"9781557094582","price":10.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/8431\/1419\/files\/imageloader_1a369252-3dfa-4fbc-8327-d7f7e576defe.jpg?v=1792711792","url":"https:\/\/wmashop.com\/products\/common-sense","provider":"wmashop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}