Dynamite Club How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siï¿½cle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror

Name: Dynamite Club How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siï¿½cle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror
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ISBN: 9780618555987

ISBN-10: 0618555986

ISBN-13: 9780618555987

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Merriman, John M. Merriman

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From an award-winning Yale historian, the fascinating story of a long-forgotten "war on terror" that has much in common with our own On a February evening in 1894, a young radical intellectual named Emile 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 bourgeoisie-setting off bombs in public places, killing the president of France, and eventually assassinating President McKinley in 1900. Paris in the belle epoque was a place of leisure, elegance, and power. Newly…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 2/12/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English