Karl Marx: The Story Of His Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Few figures have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Karl Marx, and Franz Mehring's Karl Marx: The Story of His Life stands as one of the most authoritative and intimate biographies ever written about the revolutionary philosopher. Penned by a fellow Marxist scholar and close contemporary, this exhaustive chronicle traces Marx's life from his early years in Trier through his turbulent intellectual development, his fierce polemical battles, his enduring partnership with Friedrich Engels, and his years of poverty-stricken exile in London — all rendered with scholarly rigour and passionate conviction. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald and enriched with illustrations, facsimile reproductions, and an appendix prepared under the direction of Eduard Fuchs on behalf of the Marx-Engels Institute, the volume presents a richly documented portrait of the man behind the manifesto. Mehring writes with the dual authority of a biographer and a true believer, weaving personal narrative with sweeping historical analysis to illuminate how Marx's ideas were forged in the crucible of 19th-century European upheaval. The biography stands not merely as a record of one man's life, but as a vital document of the socialist movement itself — capturing the intellectual electricity of an era when philosophy, economics, and revolution were inseparable. Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd of London and bearing the imprimatur of serious academic scholarship, this edition remains an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the origins of Marxist thought. Who was the man who sought to change the world — and did the world ultimately change him?
Author: Franz Mehring
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Few figures have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Karl Marx, and Franz Mehring's Karl Marx: The Story of His Life stands as one of the most authoritative and intimate biographies ever written about the revolutionary philosopher. Penned by a fellow Marxist scholar and close contemporary, this exhaustive chronicle traces Marx's life from his early years in Trier through his turbulent intellectual development, his fierce polemical battles, his enduring partnership with Friedrich Engels, and his years of poverty-stricken exile in London — all rendered with scholarly rigour and passionate conviction. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald and enriched with illustrations, facsimile reproductions, and an appendix prepared under the direction of Eduard Fuchs on behalf of the Marx-Engels Institute, the volume presents a richly documented portrait of the man behind the manifesto. Mehring writes with the dual authority of a biographer and a true believer, weaving personal narrative with sweeping historical analysis to illuminate how Marx's ideas were forged in the crucible of 19th-century European upheaval. The biography stands not merely as a record of one man's life, but as a vital document of the socialist movement itself — capturing the intellectual electricity of an era when philosophy, economics, and revolution were inseparable. Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd of London and bearing the imprimatur of serious academic scholarship, this edition remains an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the origins of Marxist thought. Who was the man who sought to change the world — and did the world ultimately change him?