Mrs. Engels Mrs. Engels

Mrs. Engels

A Novel

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One of Amazon's Top Twenty Books of 2015 • Selected as both a Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2015 • Longlisted for The Guardian 2015 First Novel Award

"The illiterate lover and eventual wife of a coauthor of The Communist Manifesto is the star of this enthralling work of historical fiction."O: The Oprah Magazine

"Lizzie has been brought to life with exuberant force."The New York Times

"Impressive. . . . A memorable portrait of a woman looking for a cause of her own, distinct from the one made famous by her husband."The Wall Street Journal

"Lizzie is as spirited a narrator as a reader could hope to encounter."The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Very little is known about Lizzie Burns, the illiterate Irishwoman and longtime lover of Frederick Engels, coauthor of The Communist Manifesto. In Gavin McCrea's debut novel, Lizzie is finally given a voice that won't be forgotten.

Lizzie is a poor worker in the Manchester, England, mill that Frederick owns. When they move to London to be closer to Karl Marx and family, she must learn to navigate the complex landscapes of Victorian society. We are privy to Lizzie's intimate, wry views on Marx and Engels's mission to spur revolution among the working classes, and to her ambivalence toward her newly circumstances.

Yet despite their profound differences, Lizzie and Frederick are drawn together in this high–spirited love story.

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2015
October 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
Catapult
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
2.4
MB

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