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Trotsky: A Biography
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Trotsky: A Biography
Biography of Leon Trotsky by Robert Service
The first edition cover of the book, depicting Trotsky. | |
Author | Robert Service |
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Language | English |
Subject | Biography |
Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
Publication date | 2009 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Awards | Duff Cooper Prize[1] |
Preceded by | Stalin: A Biography |
Trotsky: A Biography is a biography of the Marxist theorist and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) written by the English historian Robert Service, then a professor in Russian history at the University of Oxford. It was first published by Macmillan in 2009 and later republished in other languages.
Having converted to the Marxist revolutionary movement in early life, Trotsky had been a member of the Bolshevik Party and a significant figure in the October Revolution of 1917 which brought the Bolsheviks to power in the Russian Empire. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky's rival Joseph Stalin ascended to the Soviet leadership, with Trotsky fleeing into exile, where he was murdered in Mexico. Following his death, various biographers produced works studying Trotsky; Service's differs from many of these in its emphasis. He a