The formidable Prussian army lays siege to Paris for months on end. When the Government of National Defense fails to address the steadily deteriorating conditions in the capital, popular discontent threatens to boil over into revolution.

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Abidor, Michael. Communards: The Story of the Paris Commune of 1871 As Told By Those Who Fought For It. Marxists Internet Archive, 2010. 

Christiansen, Rupert. Paris Babylon: The Story of the Paris Commune. Penguin Books, 1994.

Edwards, Stewart. The Paris Commune, 1871. Quadrangle Books, 1971. 

Gluckstein, Donny. The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy. Haymarket Books, 2006. 

Horne, Alistair. The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-1871. Penguin Books, 1990. 

Lissagaray, Prosper-Olivier. History of the Paris Commune of 1871. Black and Red Publishers, 2007.

Marx, Karl. Civil War in France: The Paris Commune. International Publishers, 1985.

Cover Image: Photograph of communards manning a barricade in Paris, March 18th, 1871.

Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák.

Closing Theme: "La Varsovienne" performed by Catherine Ribeiro.