A Year of Revolutions: Fanny Lewald's Recollections of 1848 History

Lewald (1811-1889), the best-selling German woman writer in the nineteenth century, proved a keen and perceptive observer of the social, artistic, and political life of her times, of which these Recollections offer an excellent example. Written from a womans perspective, this first-hand account of the revolutions in both Germany and France must be considered a unique document.

It is further enhanced by her detailed description of the Frankfurt Parliament and her relationships with many of the prominent politicians and thinkers of that eventful period.