The Radical Soldiers Tale

The Radical Soldier’s Tale (1988) – Carolyn Steedman (Routledge)

Ah, 1988: big hair, bigger shoulder pads, and Routledge hardbacks that could double as doorstops. In The Radical Soldier’s Tale, Carolyn Steedman does what she does best—peels back the wallpaper of history to show you the cracks underneath. Here she takes us into the life and testimony of John Pearman, a working-class radical soldier whose words and memories reveal the complicated tangle of politics, class, and everyday existence in late-18th- and early-19th-century Britain.

It’s part micro-history, part meditation on memory and storytelling, and part reminder that ordinary people—foot-sloggers, dissenters, and half-forgotten radicals—had voices worth recording. If you like your history with a touch of theory, a whiff of Marxism, and more humanity than your average textbook, you’ll find it here.

This copy? Well, it’s seen better days (haven’t we all?). Corners a bit bashed, spine leans like a weary old campaigner, but all pages intact and perfectly legible. In short: a solid veteran, ready to tell its tale again.

Condition near fine.

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