The World That Never Was
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780099551928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Butterworth |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.380 |
| Publishing Date | 03/03/2011 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €22.55 |
| Tax | €1.35 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €23.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
The last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Bombings and assassinations shook the great cities of Europe and America, threatening social order. Fiendish networks of anarchist conspiritors were blamed and the public whipped into a frenzy of anxiety.
The reality was rather different. These dramatic events were only the most visible part of a longer, clandestine struggle waged between the forces of revolution and reaction, in which little was as it seemed. Alex Butterworth interweaves group biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the age. Both intimate and panoramic, it is a story with uncanny resonances for today.