Karl Marx: An Illustrated History

Karl Marx: An Illustrated History

by WernerBlumenberg (Author)

Synopsis

Focusing as much on Marx's private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks into detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and friends, and includes generous quotations from a wide range of correspondence in addition to virtually every photograph in existence of Marx and his closest associates. Blumenberg examines Marx's early writing as a school boy and his romantic poetry whilst a student, as well as his exchanges with close friend and collaborator, Frederick Engels. In these pages are moving accounts of the privations of Marx's poverty-stricken life in London and the tragedies that struck his family, as well as discussions of his intellectual development and political activity.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 188
Edition: New
Publisher: Verso
Published: 17 Jun 2000

ISBN 10: 1859842542
ISBN 13: 9781859842546

Media Reviews
A work of painstaking scholarship consciously aimed at a wide readership. -- Economist Blumenberg describes the facts of Marx's life without pulling any punches -- an excellent book. -- Times Literary Supplement [T]he author rightly believed that to present a truthful and unadorned account of the human Marx, in place of the stereotype Promethean demi-god, in no way detracted from Marx's greatness. - Gareth Steadman Jones, from the preface
Author Bio
Werner Blumenberg was a member of the underground against Hitler both in Germany and as an emigre in Holland.