About Sylvain Maréchal Sylvain Maréchal (1750–1803) was a French essayist, poet, activist, political theorist, and editor of the journal Révolutions de Paris. Books by Sylvain Maréchal For and Against the Bible A Translation of Sylvain Marechals Pour et Contre la Bible (1801) by (author) Sylvain Maréchal edited and translated by Sheila Delany The Woman Priest A Translation of Sylvain Maréchal's Novella, La femme abbé translated by Sheila Delany by (author) Sylvain Maréchal