Trotsky

A Biography

Robert Service

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English

Pan
01 June 2010

Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Marxism & Communism

Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factional chief, sparkling writer, ladies man (e.g., his affair with Frieda Kahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everyday life, grand seigneur of his household, father and hunted victim, Trotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. Robert Service draws on hitherto unexamined archives and on his profound understanding of Russian history to draw a portrait of the man and his legacy, revealing that though his followers have represented Trotsky as a pure revolutionary soul and a powerful intellect unjustly hounded into exile by Stalin and his henchmen, the reality is very different, as this masterful and compelling biography reveals.

By: Robert Service
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 448g
ISBN: 9780330439695
ISBN 10: 0330439693
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
Recommended Age: 16
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed Lenin: A Biography, Russia: Experiment with a People , Stalin: A Biography and Comrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. Married with four children, he lives in London.

Reviews for Trotsky: A Biography

An outstanding, fascinating biography of this dazzling titan -- Simon Sebag Montefiore, <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> Exemplary -- Robert Harris, <i>The Sunday Times</i>