Marx's general : the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels / Tristram Hunt.

Author/creator Hunt, Tristram, 1974-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
Descriptionxii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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Contents Siegfried in Zion -- The dragon's seed -- Manchester in black and white -- "A little patience and some terrorism" -- The infinitely rich '48 harvest -- Manchester in shades of grey -- An end to huckstering -- The Grand Lama of Regent's Park Road -- Marx's bulldog -- First fiddle at last.
Abstract A remarkable new biography from one of Britain's leading young historians that recovers the co-founder of communism from the shadows of history, portraying how one of the great "bon viveurs" of Victorian Britain reconciled his exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [369]-410) and index.
LCCN 2009003845
ISBN9780805080254
ISBN0805080252