"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this
is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of
Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political
heir."--Eric Hobsbawm
Friedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory
figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile
family, he spent his life enjoying the comfortable existence of a
Victorian gentleman; yet he was at the same time the co-author of
The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless political tactician, and the
man who sacrificed his best years so that Karl Marx could have the
freedom to write. Although his contributions are frequently
overlooked, Engels's grasp of global capital provided an
indispensable foundation for communist doctrine, and his account of
the Industrial Revolution, The Condition of the Working Class in
England, remains one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of
capitalism's human cost.
Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, acclaimed historian
Tristram Hunt plumbs Engels's intellectual legacy and shows us how
one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his
exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy. This
epic story of devoted friendship, class compromise, ideological
struggle, and family betrayal at last brings Engels out from the
shadow of his famous friend and collaborator.
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