Meet Me in Buenos Aires
Nov 2019 · Muswell Press
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An intensely personal and revealing biography of life with one of the 20th Century's most influential intellectuals. A rich and fascinating life ,from pre-war Vienna via an émigré childhood in the UK and on to Italy, the Congo and the US. At the time of his death Eric Hobsbawm was the most famous historian in the world. He not only wrote history but was witness to it, from Communist uprising in Europe to revolution in Cuba where he was Che Guevara's interpreter. He was instrumental in the birth of New Labour and was also a Jazz journalist for the New Statesman. In later years he became a Companion of Honour. This is the story of his family life. Marlene Hobsbawm grew up in a comfortable middle class Jewish home in Vienna but that life was shattered by the rise of Nazism. Age five she fled the country with her family and settled in the UK. A talented linguist, Marlene worked post-war for the UN in Italy helping to rebuild the country then on to the war-torn Congo. Returning to the UK she met Eric Hobsbawm. This is the story of their rollercoster life together much of it spent under the scrutiny of M15.
About the author
Marlene Hobsbawm spent her early life in in Vienna. Her family fled Austria for the UK in the 1930s to escape the rise of Nazism. As a young woman she worked in Paris, Italy and the Congo before returning to England where she met the eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm. The couple were married for over 40 years (check?) and travelled the world together with their two children. Marlene lives in North London.
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