Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled them forward, with deep resonance and frightening parallels to today--from a renowned Cambridge hist…

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