{"product_id":"red-threads-by-henry-bell-9780745347691","title":"Red Threads","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I loved this book ... this is a history we can all connect with and be inspired by' - Josie Long, comedian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The epic story of this universal symbol, told with passion and erudition' - Liz Lochhead, poet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe red flag: there is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and the crescent moon, that so many people have lived and died for. A standard of hope and resistance to millions, and of terror and tyranny to many.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut why is the red flag red? How did it come to represent the workers against the propertied class? And how did it travel the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Henry Bell's lively account, we journey around the globe and back through history, tracing the lineage of the red flag as both a material object and a symbol. The book explores the triumphs and disasters of the flag's history, its designers and makers, heroes and villains, and the utopias and wastelands that have kept the red flag flying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its martial beginnings in Rome and France, to the raising of a blood-stained flag at the Merthyr Rising and the arrival of the red flag at the Paris Commune; from the jungles of north-eastern India to the factories of Cuba; \u003cem\u003eRed Threads\u003c\/em\u003e explores how this symbol of working class power first came to be held aloft in the hands of revolutionaries, who raises it today, and its meaning for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000724570348,"sku":"9780745347691","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9834043482453.jpg?v=1763300657","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/red-threads-by-henry-bell-9780745347691","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}