This book is a biography of Dr Edward Bibbins Aveling (1849-1898). The author first came to her subject by way of Eleanor Marx. She soon discovered that Aveling was a very estimable and significant figure in his own right. He was aleading presence in the British socialist movement in the last two decades of the nineteenth century where he is found in every turn in the movements development. And as the Free Love partner of Karl Marxs youngest daughter Eleanor he enjoyed billing as the son-in-law