Marx in London : an illustrated guide / Asa Briggs & John Callow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.

Contributor:

Callow, John, Ph. D.

Marx Memorial Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Homes and haunts--England--London.

Marx, Karl.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

England--London.

Physical Description:

110 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised edition / Asa Briggs & John Callow.

Place of Publication:

London : Lawrence and Wishart, 2008.

Summary:

Marx lived in London as a political exile from 1849 until his death in 1883. This book links the story of Marx's life in London to the places he lived and worked. It is fully illustrated with photographs, maps and illustrations, and includes transport details to places of interest.

Marx lived for several years in Soho, before moving to Kentish Town in 1856. Other places of significance to his life include the British Museum Reading Room, where he worked on Capital, Covent Garden, where the meetings of the First International took place, and Hampstead Heath, where Marx and his friends spent family Sundays.

Contents:

1 The Missing Marx 8

2 The London Marx Found 14

3 Life before London 22

4 Exiles and Revolutionaries 34

5 Soho Years 41

6 Bloomsbury 50

7 Escape to the Suburbs 58

8 High Days and Holidays 66

9 Revolution in Covent Garden 73

10 Death in Highgate 82

11 After Marx 89

12 The Marx Legacy 95

Anderson Street 32

Leicester Street 32

Dean Street 49

The British Museum 57

Grafton Terrace 65

Hampstead Heath 72

Covent Garden 81

Highgate Cemetery 88

Clerkenwell Green 102.

Notes:

Previous ed. / Asa Briggs ; with John Dekker and John Mair. London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982.

Published in association with the Marx Memorial Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781905007608

1905007604

OCLC:

212430864