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Title: Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century

Author: Karl Marx

Editor: Eleanor Marx Aveling

Release Date: May 14, 2010 [EBook #32370]

Language: English

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SECRET DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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_Demy 8vo, pp._ 656, xvi. 10_s._ 6_d._

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Letters written 1853-1856 dealing with the events of the Crimean War.

By KARL MARX.

Edited by ELEANOR MARX AVELING and EDWARD AVELING.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

"With all Marx's faults and his extravagant abuse of high political
personages, one cannot but admire the man's strength of mind, the
courage of his opinions, and his scorn and contempt for everything
small, petty, and mean. Although many and great changes have taken
place since these papers appeared, they are still valuable not only
for the elucidation of the past, but also for throwing a clearer
light upon the present as also upon the future."--_Westminster
Review._

"All that Marx's hand set itself to do, it did with all its might,
and in this volume, as in the rest of his work, we see the
indefatigable energy, the wonderful grasp of detail, and the keen
and marvellous foresight of a master mind."--_Justice._

"A very masterly analysis of the condition, political, economic and
social, of the Turkish Empire, which is as true to-day as when it
was written."--_Daily Chronicle._

"The letters contain an enormous amount of well-digested
information, and display great critical acumen, amounting in some
cases almost to prevision. The biographical interest of the volume
is also pronounced, for prominent men of that perio