History of the Paris Commune of 1871

Zusatztext “Prosper-Olivier Lissigaray! the Paris Commune's greatest historian! a rank-and-file participant in the events! produced a work of rare quality! a political history matched by few others. The tone of the book is fierce! passionate! angry and uncompromising. Its only equivalent is the poetry of Rimbaud.” —Tariq Ali “Lissagaray relives the Commune with all the bitterness of a man who could see the tragedy unfold! even as he played his part! dutifully! to the end.” —Paul Mason! economics editor of the BBC’s Newsnight and author of Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere Informationen zum Autor Prosper-Olivier Lisagaray (1838-1901) was a socialist, duelist, republican journalist and sometime lover of Eleanor Marx. Eric Hazan is the founder of the publisher La Fabrique and the author of several books, including Notes on the Occupation and the highly acclaimed The Invention of Paris. He has lived in Paris, France, all his life. Klappentext Translation of: Histoire de la Commune de 1871. Zusammenfassung The classic history of the Paris Commune.

About the author

Prosper-Olivier Lisagaray (1838-1901) was a socialist, duelist, republican journalist and sometime lover of Eleanor Marx.Eric Hazan is the founder of the publisher La Fabrique and the author of several books, including Notes on the Occupation and the highly acclaimed The Invention of Paris. He has lived in Paris, France, all his life.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Hazan, Prosper Olivier Lissagaray, Prosper Olivier Hazan Lissagaray, Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray
• Assisted by: Eric Hazan (Foreword), Eleanor Marx Aveling (Translation), Eleanor Marx (Translation), Marx Eleanor (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2012
• EAN: 9781844677764
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-776-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Verso World History Series; Verso World History Series; Verso World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799