The world that never was
Subtitle: a true story of dreamers, schemers, anarchists and secret agents
By: Alex Butterworth.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780375425110
Subjects: Anarchism -- History
Description: "The World That Never Was" is a thrilling history of the rise of anarchism, told through the stories of several violent revolutionaries and the secret police who pursued them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : this thing of darkness; title: A distant horizon; title: Communards; title: From prince to anarchist; title: Around the world in 280 days; title: To the people; title: Forward!; title: Propaganda by deed; title: Spies and tsaricides; title: Inconvenient guests; title: Voices in the fog; title: The holy brotherhood; title: A great news tide; title: The making of the martyrs; title: Decadence and degeneration; title: The revolution is postponed; title: Deep cover; title: The Russian memorandum; title: Dynamite in the city of light; title: Wicked laws; title: The mysteries of Bourdin and the baron; title: A time of harmony; title: Conspirary theories; title: Agents unmasked; title: War and revolution; title: Coda.