Little Germany: Exile and Asylum in Victorian England

by Rosemary Ashton

Book Overview

In the mid-19th century, England became the home of a group of German exiles seeking refuge from political repression in their own country. The group--which included Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Friedrich Althaus, Lessner and Eccarius, and the remarkable Johanna Kinkel and Malwida von Meysenbug--shared a common quest for political freedom. The outcome of their search, and the exiles' ability to come to terms with it, is the subject of this book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192122398
• ISBN13: 9780192122391
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"