This classic biography of Karl Marx, complete with Gareth Stedman Jones poignant introduction, is unlike any other account of its subject. Focusing as much on Marx s private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks in detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and friends, and includes generous quotations from a wide range of correspondence in addition to virtually every photograph in existence of Marx and his closest associates.
Blumenberg examines Marx s early writing as a schoolboy and his romantic poetry whilst a student, as well as his...