The bloody week .. Translation of French letters Emile Zola in 1871

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The book "The Bloody Week: Letters about the Paris Commune 1871" by the great French writer Emile Zola and the translation of Iskandar Habash was recently published as part of the correspondence literature series on Dar Al-Rafidain.

Emil Zola Emil Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) is one of the most famous French writers. He is an influential novelist who represents the most important model of the literary school. Acquittal of falsely charged and convicted – army officer Alfred Dreyfus.

The Paris Commune was a revolutionary municipal government that briefly ran Paris from mid-March 1871, as a result of Napoleon III's loss of war with Prussia and the entry of the Prussian army into Paris after its siege. Ninety representatives of the Commune or the Paris City Council were elected by universal suffrage, Its dispute over power with the elected government of France was a major cause of its brutal repression by the regular French forces in the so-called "Bloody Week" on May 28, 1871. The discussions on the politics and machinations of the Commune had significant political repercussions both inside and outside France during the 20th century,The first socialist revolution in modern times.

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