Prologue and Acknowledgements¶
This section is a prologue and acknowledgements for a biography of Ted Grant. It details the author’s close personal relationship with Grant, the challenges of assembling biographical material, and the key sources consulted. Notable named contributors include Rob Sewell, Ana Muñoz, Francesco Merli, and Roy Grant, who provided research, archival work, and genealogical findings. The text references the Ted Grant archive, correspondence with Jimmy Deane and Ralph Lee, and archives at Warwick and Hull universities. The author explains their approach, resisting superficial anecdotes in favour of political substance, and frames Grant as the embodiment of an unbroken Marxist tradition.