Rabble by Geoffrey Fox is a short historical novel set during the Paris Commune of 1871 — the brief, radical workers’ government that took power in Paris after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.
Rather than focusing on famous leaders, Fox tells the story from the perspective of ordinary Parisians swept up in the uprising: street vendors, seamstresses, bricklayers, petty criminals, and soldiers, all struggling to survive and make sense of revolutionary ideals as the city descends into chaos.
