The classic history of the Paris Commune.

Translation of: Histoire de la Commune de 1871.

“Prosper-Olivier Lissigaray, the Paris Commune's greatest historian, a rank-and-file participant in the events, produced a work of rare quality, a political history matched by few others. The tone of the book is fierce, passionate, angry and uncompromising. Its only equivalent is the poetry of Rimbaud.”
—Tariq Ali

“Lissagaray relives the Commune with all the bitterness of a man who could see the tragedy unfold, even as he played his part, dutifully, to the end.”
—Paul Mason, economics editor of the BBC’s Newsnight and author of Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere