Karl Marx's Revolution and Counter-Revolution offers a gripping account of the upheavals of 1848, when revolutionary hopes surged across Europe only to be met by a swift and often ruthless reaction. Edited by Eleanor Marx Aveling, the volume presents these essays as a long-overlooked companion to Marx's work on Napoleon III, shaped by the poverty, exile, and personal losses of his early London years and sharpened by his close observation of European politics. The result is both a forceful historical analysis and a testament to Marx's intellectual discipline under pressure. Tracing events from Germany, Austria, Prussia, Poland, Bohemia, and beyond, the book follows the collapse of liberal promises, the betrayal of national movements, and the rise of counter-revolutionary power. Marx examines German expansion into Eastern Europe, the failure of Polish and Czech aspirations, the reactionary uses of Panslavism, and the Schleswig-Holstein conflict, all while showing how the June Days in Paris shattered the revolutionary momentum of the continent. Fast-moving, incisive, and politically charged, this is Marx's revolution seen at its turning point. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.