β May, Nicola
π Fiction
π
2013
π Nowell Publishing
π English
β 157 KB
π 2 views
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The dynamite club: how a bombing in fin-de-siecle Paris ignited the age of modern terror
β Scribed by John Merriman
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Edition
- US edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0618555986
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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The fascinating story of a long-forgotten "war on terror" that has much in common with our own
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On a February evening in 1894, a young radical intellectual named Γmile Henry drank two beers at an upscale Parisian restaurant, then left behind a bomb as a parting gift. This incident, which rocked the French capital, lies at the heart of The Dynamite Club, a mesmerizing account of Henry and his cohorts and the war they waged against the bourgeoisieβsetting off bombs in public places, killing the president of France, and eventually assassinating President McKinley in 1901.
Paris in the belle epoque was a place of leisure, elegance, and power. Newly electrified, the city's wide boulevards were lined with posh department stores and outdoor cafes. But prosperity was limited to a few. Most lived in dire poverty, and workers and intellectuals found common cause in a political philosophyβanarchismβthat embraced the overthrow of the state by any...
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