Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels

Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels - Paperback

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Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels - Paperback

Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels - Paperback

by Tristram Hunt
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by Tristram Hunt (Author)

"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political heir."--Eric Hobsbawm

Friedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family, he spent his life enjoying the comfortable existence of a Victorian gentleman; yet he was at the same time the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless political tactician, and the man who sacrificed his best years so that Karl Marx could have the freedom to write. Although his contributions are frequently overlooked, Engels's grasp of global capital provided an indispensable foundation for communist doctrine, and his account of the Industrial Revolution, The Condition of the Working Class in England, remains one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of capitalism's human cost.

Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, acclaimed historian Tristram Hunt plumbs Engels's intellectual legacy and shows us how one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy. This epic story of devoted friendship, class compromise, ideological struggle, and family betrayal at last brings Engels out from the shadow of his famous friend and collaborator.

Author Biography

One of Britain's leading young historians, Tristram Hunt is a lecturer in history at the University of London. The author of Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City, he writes political and cultural commentary for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, and the London Review of Books, among other publications.

Number of Pages: 464
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 03, 2010
ISBN9780805092486
Author Tristram Hunt
PublisherPicador USA
GenreBiography and News & politics
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages464
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Tristram Hunt is the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum and one of Britain's best-known historians. His previous books, which include Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World and Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels, have been published in more than a dozen languages. Until taking on the leadership of the V&A, he served as Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent, the home of Wedgwood's potteries. A senior lecturer in British history at Queen Mary University of London, he appears regularly on BBC radio and television.

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