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The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
Tristram Hunt
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Description for The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
Paperback. Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, he spent his career working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable, middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, he spent his career working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable, middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Yet Engels was also the co-founder of international communism - the philosophy which in the 20th century came to control one third of the human race. He was the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless party tactician, and the man who sacrificed his best years so Karl Marx could write ... Read more
Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, he spent his career working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable, middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Yet Engels was also the co-founder of international communism - the philosophy which in the 20th century came to control one third of the human race. He was the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless party tactician, and the man who sacrificed his best years so Karl Marx could write ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141021409
SKU
V9780141021409
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About Tristram Hunt
Dr Tristram Hunt is one of Britain's best known young historians. Educated at Cambridge and Chicago Universities, he is lecturer in British history at Queen Mary, University of London and author of 'Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City.' A leading historical broadcaster, he has authored numerous series for BBC Radio and Television and Channel 4. He ... Read more
Reviews for The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
Thoughtful and engaging
Telegraph Review
An excellent book ... Hunt has a mastery of 19th-century British culture and European political thought
Robert Service
Sunday Times
Beautifully written and consistently engaging
Independent
Telegraph Review
An excellent book ... Hunt has a mastery of 19th-century British culture and European political thought
Robert Service
Sunday Times
Beautifully written and consistently engaging
Independent