Search results for ""Author John M. Merriman""
Yale University Press Massacre
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This blow-by-blow account of the rise and fall of 1871 Paris Commune is, at times, almost too painful to read.’ - Gordon Parsons, Morning Star -- Gordon Parsons * Morning Star *
£12.99
Yale University Press The Dynamite Club
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In . . . his enthralling and cinematic account of a Paris cafe bombing in 1894, Merriman achieves that rare thing: virtuosic storytelling that doubles as superb history."—Kirk Davis Swinehart, Chicago Tribune -- Kirk Davis Swinehart * Chicago Tribune *"Historically eye-opening and psychologically insightful."—Chuck Leddy, Boston Globe -- Chuck Leddy * Boston Globe *"Those who think of terrorism as an inexplicable evil produced by an alien culture will have their eyes opened by this fascinating study of 19th-century anarchist terrorists."—San Francisco Examiner * San Francisco Examiner *"Merriman's account frames an illuminating study of working-class radicalism in belle époque France and its bitter conflict with the establishment in an age when class warfare was no metaphor. It [is] an absorbing true crime story, with Dostoyevskian overtones, about high ideals that motivate desperate acts."—Publishers Weekly, starred review * Publishers Weekly *"Reconstructing Henry's own attacks, Merriman allies a forensic eye with the texture of Paris de la belle époque, ably renders Henry's personality, and implicitly invites comparison of his with the mid-sets of contemporary terrorists."—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist -- Gilbert Taylor * Booklist *"Reading a book on nineteenth-century anarchism by John Merriman is a bit like reading one on the semicolon by Strunk and White…he is able to pack in riveting detail." —Bookforum * Bookforum *
£18.99
