Praise for "The Dynamite Club""In "The Dynamite Club, " John
Merriman brings together his astonishing knowledge of
nineteenth-century France, his unmatched skills as an archival
'detective, ' his marvelously lucid writing style, and his uncanny
talent for bringing historical figures to life. The result is a
searing portrait of the tensions and violence that lurked behind
the glittering facade of fin-de-siecle France and eerily
foreshadowed the terrorist threat of the present day." -- David
Bell, author of "The Cult of the Nation in France" and "The First
Total War""Those who think of terrorism as an inexplicable evil
produced by an alien culture will have their eyes opened by this
fascinating study of nineteenth-century anarchist terrorists . . .
[An] absorbing true crime story, with Dostoyevskian overtones,
about high ideals that motivate desperate acts." --" Publishers
Weekly, " starred review"John Merriman has told an absorbing story
of the strange world of anarchism in late-nineteenth-century
France. Replete with uncanny and uncomfortable similarities to the
'war on terrorism' today, "The Dynamite Club" portrays a society
swept up in the fear of bombers who are certain that they are
achieving immortality for a righteous cause. This saga of Emile
Henry and his motley crew of fellow anarchists is hard to put
down." -- David Kertzer, author of "The Kidnapping of Edgardo
Mortara" and "Amalia's Tale"
Praise for"The Dynamite Club""In"The Dynamite Club, "John Merriman
brings together his astonishing knowledge of nineteenth-century
France, his unmatched skills as an archival 'detective, ' his
marvelously lucid writing style, and his uncanny talent for
bringing historical figures to life. The result is a searing
portrait of the tensions and violence that lurked behind the
glittering facade of fin-de-siecle France and eerily foreshadowed
the terrorist threat of the present day." -- David Bell, author
of"The Cult of the Nation in France"and"The First Total War""Those
who think of terrorism as an inexplicable evil produced by an alien
culture will have their eyes opened by this fascinating study of
nineteenth-century anarchist terrorists . . . [An] absorbing true
crime story, with Dostoyevskian overtones, about high ideals that
motivate desperate acts." --"Publishers Weekly, "starred
review"John Merriman has told an absorbing story of the strange
world of anarchism in late-nin
Praise for "The Dynamite Club""In "The Dynamite Club," John
Merriman brings together his astonishing knowledge of
nineteenth-century France, his unmatched skills as an archival
'detective, ' his marvelously lucid writing style, and his uncanny
talent for bringing historical figures to life. The result is a
searing portrait of the tensions and violence that lurked behind
the glittering facade of fin-de-siecle France and eerily
foreshadowed the terrorist threat of the present day." -- David
Bell, author of "The Cult of the Nation in France" and "The First
Total War""Those who think of terrorism as an inexplicable evil
produced by an alien culture will have their eyes opened by this
fascinating study of nineteenth-century anarchist terrorists . . .
[An] absorbing true crime story, with Dostoyevskian overtones,
about high ideals that motivate desperate acts." --" Publishers
Weekly," starred review"John Merriman has told an absorbing story
of the strange world of anarchism in late-nineteenth-century
France. Replete with uncanny and uncomfortable similarities to the
'war on terrorism' today, "The Dynamite Club" portrays a society
swept up in the fear of bombers who are certain that they are
achieving immortality for a righteous cause. This saga of Emile
Henry and his motley crew of fellow anarchists is hard to put
down." -- David Kertzer, author of "The Kidnapping of Edgardo
Mortara" and "Amalia's Tale"
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