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Love and Capital - by Mary Gabriel (Paperback)

Name: Love and Capital - by Mary Gabriel (Paperback)
Brand: Back Bay Books
SKU: 85737124
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Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, Love and Capital reveals the rarely glimpsed and heartbreakingly human side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death.
About the Author: Mary Gabriel is the author of Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as of Ninth Street Women, Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored, and The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone.
784 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Philosophers

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Book Synopsis

Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, Love and Capital reveals the rarely glimpsed and heartbreakingly human side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death.

Drawing upon previously unpublished material, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel tells the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. Through it, we see Karl as never before: a devoted father and husband, a prankster who loved a party, a dreadful procrastinator, freeloader, and man of wild enthusiasms -- one of which would almost destroy his marriage. Through years of desperate struggle, Jenny's love for Karl would be tested again and again as she waited for him to finish his masterpiece, Capital.

An epic narrative that stretches over decades to recount Karl and Jenny's story against the backdrop of Europe's Nineteenth Century, Love and Capital is a surprising and magisterial account of romance and revolution -- and of one of the great love stories of all time.

About the Author

Mary Gabriel is the author of Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as of Ninth Street Women, Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored, and The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone. She worked in Washington and London as a Reuters editor for nearly two decades and lives in Ireland.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.8 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 784

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Philosophers

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Mary Gabriel

Language: English

Street Date: November 13, 2012

TCIN: 85737124

UPC: 9780316066129

Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-1001

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.4 inches length x 5.9 inches width x 9.1 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 1.8 pounds

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