Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune

by John M. Merriman

Book Overview

From a pre-eminent Yale historian comes the first popular history of the 1871 Paris Commune, a seminal episode in modern European history.
The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century--before culminating in horrific violence.

Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465020178
• ISBN13: 9780465020171
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"