{"product_id":"hotel-lux-an-intimate-history-of-communisms-forgotten-radicals-hardcover","title":"Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaurice Casey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of a group of forgotten radicals who found themselves drawn to communist Moscow's hotbed of international revolutionary activity: the Hotel Lux.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHotel Lux\u003c\/i\u003e follows Irish radical May O'Callaghan and her friends, three revolutionary families brought together by their vision for a communist future and their time spent in the Comintern's Moscow living quarters, the Hotel Lux. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian Maurice Casey reveals the connections and disconnections of a group of forgotten communist activists whose lives collided in 1920s Moscow: a brilliant Irish translator, a maverick author, the rebel daughters of an East London Jewish family, and a family of determined German anti-fascists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dramatic and interlocking histories of the O'Flahertys, Cohens and Leonhards offer an intimate insight into the legacies of the Russian Revolution from its earliest idealism through to the brutal Stalinist purges and beyond. \u003ci\u003eHotel Lux\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers a world of forgotten radicals who saw their hopes and dreams crash against reality yet retained their faith in a beautiful future for all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCulminating in a queer love story that saw the daughters of the Cohens and Leonhards create an enduring partnership even as their parents' political visions crumbled, this is a multi-generational rebel odyssey and a history of international communism, one which looks as much to the future as it does to the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaurice Casey is an Irish historian of 20th century revolutionary movements with a particular focus on international communism, and is also an also an expert in Irish diaspora history, queer history and the impact of grassroots activism in modern Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Cambridge University, he is a Fulbright Scholar and also studied at Stanford and Oxford before joining Queen's University, Belfast as a Research Fellow. In addition to academic journals, his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times, History Today, History Ireland, Contingent Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand others. He has spoken to public audiences in Ireland, the UK, Russia, and the US.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758521385248,"sku":"9781804440995","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/675ff7e67c00ea281859e8fc097bc17f_4c387657-ee54-4ab9-a6f3-b4afc311b34a.webp?v=1780128609","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hotel-lux-an-intimate-history-of-communisms-forgotten-radicals-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}