Frock-coated Communist

Tristram Hunt

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: ALLEN LANE

Publication Date : 30/04/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The life of Friedrich Engels, one of the most contradictory figures of the 19th century. Born into a wealthy family in Germany, he worked in Manchester, enjoying the comfortable life of a middle-class Victorian gentleman. Yet he also co-authored "The Communist Manifesto" and assisted Karl Marx as he wrote "Das Kapital".

Publisher's description:

Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, Friedrich Engels enjoyed the middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Yet he was also the co-founder of international communism. This book looks at how one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his raucous personal life with this uncompromising political philosophy.

ISBN: 9780713998528