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Rosa Luxemburg: An Intimate Portrait
Mathilde Jacob
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Description for Rosa Luxemburg: An Intimate Portrait
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Rosa Luxemburg holds an enduring fascination as a radical socialist committed to democratic values, and a woman whose charismatic personality and impassioned speeches inspired her followers without resort to bureaucratic organization. Her assistant and friend, Mathilde Jacob, was Luxemburg's mainstay during her years of imprisonment in World War I. Jacob provided material and emotional support, organized Rosa Luxemburg's clandestine communication with the outside world, and herself played a key role in the illegal work of the Spartacus group. When revolution broke out in Germany in 1918, she sought unsuccessfully to pretect Rosa in the tragic events that led to her ... Read more
Rosa Luxemburg holds an enduring fascination as a radical socialist committed to democratic values, and a woman whose charismatic personality and impassioned speeches inspired her followers without resort to bureaucratic organization. Her assistant and friend, Mathilde Jacob, was Luxemburg's mainstay during her years of imprisonment in World War I. Jacob provided material and emotional support, organized Rosa Luxemburg's clandestine communication with the outside world, and herself played a key role in the illegal work of the Spartacus group. When revolution broke out in Germany in 1918, she sought unsuccessfully to pretect Rosa in the tragic events that led to her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780853159001
SKU
V9780853159001
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Reviews for Rosa Luxemburg: An Intimate Portrait
'This vivid memoir sheds new light on one of the most attractive and courageous political figures of the twentieth century. Mathilde Jacob explains how Rosa Luxemburg succeeded in keeping alive a flame of hope, compassion and enlightenment amidst the darkening scene of militarism and massacre.' Robin Blackburn 'A unique personal insight into the life ... Read more