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Prophet Unarmed: Life of Trotsky, 1921 to 1929  
Author: Isaac Deutscher
ISBN: 1859844464
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Times Literary Supplement
A first rate biographer.


Graham Greene
The most exciting reading of the year. Surely this must be counted among the greatest biographies in the English language.


A.J.P Taylor, New Statesman
He has told the story more accurately and with fuller detail than ever before....compulsory reading for anyone interested in the history of Soviet Russia.




Prophet Unarmed: Life of Trotsky, 1921 to 1929

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much controversy as the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Trotsky's extraordinary life and extensive writings have left an indelible mark on revolutionary conscience, yet there was a danger that his name would disappear from history. Originally published in 1954, Deutscher's magisterial three-volume biography was the first major publication to counter the powerful Stalinist propaganda machine. In this definitive biography Trotsky emerges in his real stature, as the most heroic, and ultimately tragic, character of the Russian Revolution.

Author Biography: Isaac Deutscher was born in 1907 near Krakow and joined the Polish Communist Party in 1926. After his expulsion in 1932, he maintained his opposition to the general drift of Comintern policy in the 1930s. He moved to London in 1939 and continued his journalistic activity until 1946, devoting the rest of his life to historical research and the writing of books and essays. His prolific output includes Stalin and The Unfinished Revolution. Isaac Deutscher died in 1967.

FROM THE CRITICS

Graham Greene

The most exciting reading of the year. Surely this must be counted among the greatest biographies in the English language.

Guardian

[W]ill rank among the great political biographies of our time.

Times Literary Supplement

A first rate biographer.

A.J.P Taylor - New Statesman

He has told the story more accurately and with fuller detail than ever before....compulsory reading for anyone interested in the history of Soviet Russia.

Library Journal

Debuting in 1954, Deutscher's three-volume biography on the Russian revolutionary countered much of the propaganda issued by Stalin's regime to destroy Trotsky's reputation. Still among the best titles on the subject. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

     



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