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.
About the AuthorRobert 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.
AwardsWinner of Duff Cooper Prize 2010 (UK).
Book InformationISBN 9780330439695
Author Robert ServiceFormat Paperback
Page Count 624
Imprint Pan BooksPublisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 448g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 132mm * 41mm