At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February 1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed.
But while the dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the intellectuals who led the way. As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German cultural history were involved.
In his characteristically lucid, sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history - November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of people could have altered the course of the twentieth century.
- ISBN10 1782275045
- ISBN13 9781782275046
- Publish Date 1 November 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pushkin Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English