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Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution ReviewI normally don't write reviews of American books from my home here in Ireland, but I was struck by Mary Gabriel's work, a compelling narrative detailing the public and private life of the Marx family -- in addition to an eminently readable account of Marx's philosophy and the extraordinary times in which this family lived. It is the latter feature which sets this biography apart (in fact sets a new standard for biographies in general): Gabriel has succeeded in giving us a convincing portrait, not only of the political genius Karl Marx and his work, but a full immersion into the turbulent world of his revolutionary agenda. She weaves a convincing pattern of a man and his family struggling against oppression, battling the iniquities of a burgeoning capitalism, the existence of soulless child-labor laws, the arrogance of kings relying on their divine right, and the resultant brutalization of working people making valiant efforts just to survive. It is a story of a grand passion, of spies and betrayal, of triumphs and despair, but throughout a steadfast belief that the world deserved something better than enveloping greed. In reading Gabriel's work one cannot avoid the very apparent parallels with our current economic inequities, of obscene corporate salaries, of trade unions without teeth, of hiring practices motivated solely by market considerations, of lending institutions and banks riddled with corruption.
One other observation jumps off the page: Gabriel's writing style, full of vivacity and American verve, is a welcome relief from the stuffy writing (leaden, lusterless, passionless) of British historians. Her work lends this subject all of the furious drama it deserves.Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution OverviewBrilliantly researched and wonderfully written, LOVE AND CAPITAL is a heartbreaking and dramatic saga of the family side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death. Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel brings to light the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. We follow them as they roam Europe, on the run from governments amidst an age of revolution and a secret network of would-be revolutionaries, and see Karl not only as an intellectual, but as a protective father and loving husband, a revolutionary, a jokester, a man of tremendous passions, both political and personal. In LOVE AND CAPITAL, Mary Gabriel has given us a vivid, resplendent, and truly human portrait of the Marxes-their desires, heartbreak and devotion to each other's ideals.

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