Marx's general : the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels /
Tristram Hunt.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
- xii, 430 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-410) and index.
Siegfried in Zion -- The dragon's seed -- Manchester in black and white -- "A little patience and some terrorism" -- The infinitely rich '48 harvest -- Manchester in shades of grey -- An end to huckstering -- The Grand Lama of Regent's Park Road -- Marx's bulldog -- First fiddle at last.
A remarkable new biography from one of Britain's leading young historians that recovers the co-founder of communism from the shadows of history, portraying how one of the great "bon viveurs" of Victorian Britain reconciled his exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy.