Emmanuel Sieyés (1748-1836) was an important political theorist of the French Revolution, expressing much of his thought on representative government in the essays Views of the Executive Means , An Essay on Privileges , and What is the Third Estate? , English versions of which are collected here. Also included is a newspaper debate in which Sieyés and Thomas Paine discuss the benefits of monarchy versus republicanism. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)