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Red Virgin: Memoirs Of Louise Michel
Louise Michel
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Description for Red Virgin: Memoirs Of Louise Michel
Paperback. "The Red Virgin: Memoirs of Louise Michel "will be useful to both scholars and students of 19th-century French history and women s studies." Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 23. .
Louise Michel was born illegitimate in 1830 and became a schoolmistress in Paris. She was involved in radical activities during the twilight of France's Second Empire, and during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the siege of Paris. She was a leading member of the revolutionary groups controlling Montmarte. Michel emerged as one of the leaders of the insurrection during the Paris Commune of March-May 1871; and French anarchists saw her as martyr and saint - The Red Virgin. When the Versailles government crushed the Commune in May 1871, Michel was sentenced to exile in New Caledonia, until the general ... Read more
Louise Michel was born illegitimate in 1830 and became a schoolmistress in Paris. She was involved in radical activities during the twilight of France's Second Empire, and during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the siege of Paris. She was a leading member of the revolutionary groups controlling Montmarte. Michel emerged as one of the leaders of the insurrection during the Paris Commune of March-May 1871; and French anarchists saw her as martyr and saint - The Red Virgin. When the Versailles government crushed the Commune in May 1871, Michel was sentenced to exile in New Caledonia, until the general ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817300630
SKU
V9780817300630
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About Louise Michel
Bullitt Lowry, associate professor of history, and Elizabeth Ellington Gunter, instructor of English, both teach at North Texas State University.
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