Richly researched, at times reading like a good "page-turner" novel, it provides a wealth of little-known information, not only about Karl and Jenny Marx, but also about their children (including ...

You inspire us still. — Mary Mary Gabriel is the author of “Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution.” Her latest book, “Ninth Street Women,” will be published ...

Gabriel (Notorious Victoria) offers a magisterial account of the lives of Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny von Westphalen ... committed in both his life and letters to social justice and the ...

When, therefore, now at the end of a year spent here I cast a glance back on the course of events during that time, in order, my dear father, to answer your infinitely dear letter from Ems ... of art ...

In April 1845, Karl Marx’s mother-in-law sent to the Marx family a nanny named Helene Demuth, known as “Lenchen.” Marx’s long-suffering wife, Jenny, was thrilled. After all, she had long ...

Marx's wife Jenny ... ambitions communicated in letters to each other. Beyond the dialogue, it is this connection to life that sets the film apart. "The Young Karl Marx" underscores the ...

"Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Mary Gabriel: Karl Marx, the father of international communism, was a devoted husband to his wife ...

If Karl Marx were alive today, he’d be as scandalous as John Edwards or Arnold Schwarzenegger, said Elaine Showalter in The Washington Post. In 1850, Marx’s wife, Jenny, was pregnant with ...

Karl Marx, the father of international communism, was a devoted husband to his wife, Jenny, a daughter of Prussian and British aristocracy. In the newest Marx biography, "Love and Capital ...

Such is the cultural climate that awaits “Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution,’’ Mary Gabriel’s beautifully written account of the “bittersweet drama ...

But this philandering husband was Karl Marx; the year was 1850, his wife was Baroness Jenny von Westphalen ... Engels and others for financial help. Letter after letter laments their desperate ...