History of the Paris Commune of 1871

Full version that includes introduction by Eleanor Marx, preface, appendices, author's notes, glossary of French terms and review by E. Belfort Bax. "Lissagaray's Histoire de la Commune is the only authentic and reliable history as yet written of the most memorable movement of modem times. It is true Lissagaray was a soldier of the Commune, but he has had the courage and honesty to speak the truth. He has not attempted to hide the errors of his party, or to gloss over the fatal weaknesses of the Revolution; and if he has erred, it has been on the side of moderation, in his anxiety not to make a single statement that could not be corroborated by overwhelming proofs of its truth. Wherever it was possible, the statements of the Versaillese in their Parliamentary Inquiries, in their press, and in their books are used in preference to the statements of friends and partisans; and whenever the evidence of Communards is given, it is invariably sifted with scrupulous care. And it is this impartiality, this careful avoidance of any assertion that could be considered doubtful, which should recommend this work to English readers." - Eleonor Marx