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  • Trotsky: A Biography is a biography of the Marxist theorist and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) written by the English historian Robert Service.
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    Trotsky : A Biography [Oprawa Miękka]
    Robert Service

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    Trotsky: A Biography

    Biography of Leon Trotsky by Robert Service

    The first edition cover of the book, depicting Trotsky.

    AuthorRobert Service
    LanguageEnglish
    SubjectBiography
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers

    Publication date

    2009
    Publication placeUnited Kingdom
    Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
    AwardsDuff Cooper Prize[1]
    Preceded byStalin: 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