Posts Tagged ‘Liberty’s Fire’

  1. ‘The Red Virgin’

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    June 23, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    There is a character in Liberty’s Fire who is not named, but can be easily identified as Louise Michel, the best known …
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  2. LIBERTY’S FIRE reviews

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    May 19, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    ‘remarkable…a novel of extraordinary resonance and power…Both as a gripping narrative which defines the meaning of ‘page-turner’ perfectly and also …
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  3. Blog tour roundup. . .

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    May 12, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    Liberty’s Fire is now out in the world, and the first reviews have even appeared – you’ll find links to all those …
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  4. Citoyennes: women of the Paris Commune

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    May 5, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    The mythical figure of the pétroleuse, hideous or heroic depending on your point of view, has now almost been forgotten. For …
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  5. Find out more about about the history behind Liberty’s Fire

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    March 2, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    ‘What is the Commune, that sphinx so tantalizing to the bourgeois mind?’ (Marx:The Civil War in France) Simply put, the …
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  6. Map of Paris, 1871

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    March 1, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    ‘Harper’s Map of Paris’ can be found in the back of W.P.Fetridge’s 1871 The Rise and Fall of The Paris Commune (see …
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