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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 Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just society. They expelled loyalists and soldiers and erected barricades in the streets. In Massacre, John Merriman introduces a cast of inimitable Communards -- from les p(c)oleuses (female incendiaries) to the painter Gustave Courbet -- whose idealism fueled a revolution. And he vividly recreates the Commune's chaotic and bloody end when 30,000 troops stormed the city, burning half of Paris and executing captured Communards en masse.

A stirring evocation of the spring when Paris was ablaze with cannon fire and its citizens were their own masters, Massacre reveals how the indomitable spirit of the Commune shook the very foundations of Europe.

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  • Title Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune
  • Author John Merriman
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Publication date 2014-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780465020171 / 0465020178
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects France - Politics and government - 1870-1940, Paris (France) - History - Commune, 1871
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014023988
  • Dewey Decimal Code 944.081

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2014, Page 14
  • Choice, 05/01/2015, Page 1581
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 02/13/2015, Page 18
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2014, Page 102
  • New York Review of Books, 02/19/2015, Page 26
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/01/2014, Page 0

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John Merriman (1946-2022) was a Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University and the author of several books, including Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune, The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror, and the classic History of Modern Europe. He was the recipient of Yale's Byrnes/Sewell Teaching Prize, a French Docteur Honoris Causa, and spoke frequently at universities across the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
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