All the great political revolutions of the twentieth century referred back to Marx. Reviled by some, revered by many, Marx's influence can be found in every area of the humanities and social sciences from literary criticism to globalization. In this thoroughly revised and updated new edition of his classic biography, David McLellan provides a clear and detailed account both of Marx's dramatic life and of his path-breaking thought together with a wealth of bibliographical information for further reading.

Praise for the previous edition:
""An authoritative and thorough re-creation of Marx's life and thought--and the interaction between the two...undoubtedly the best one-volume biography of the great man in existence.""--Sunday Times
""It could be said that the biographers have only changed Marx in various ways; the point is to interpret him--and McLellan has filled a very real gap in doing this as fairly as he can...he has produced the most up-to-date, well-informed, reliable and sensible biography so far.""--New Society