Revolutionary Spring
Book description
A Telegraph, Sunday Times, Economist and TLS Book of the Year
'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today
An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers
There can be few more exciting…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Revolutionary Spring as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A radical rethinking of all our political assumptions. In 1848 one world began to end and another begin. In 2024 we might say the same.
This magnificent study of the revolutions 1848 surpasses all the others in its sheer breadth. It makes 1848 a European and, in some respects, a global event. But what I find most appealing about the book is its vividness. The complex narrative is repeatedly punctuated by details and vignettes that bring the past to life.
If you listen to the wonderful audiobook, you will even hear Christopher Clark singing a song on the death of the great German 1848er, Robert Blum.
From Jonathan's list on writers and artists in 1848 and the Paris commune.
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