Download or read book The Frock-coated Communist written by Tristram Hunt and published by Allen Lane, a. This book was released on 2009 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, Friedrich Engels enjoyed the middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Yet he was also the co-founder of international communism. This book looks at how one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his raucous personal life with this uncompromising political philosophy.