Trotsky. A Biography

A riveting new biography of Leon Trotsky from the critically acclaimedauthor of Lenin and Stalin Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factionalchief, sparkling writer, ‘ladies' man' (e.g., his affair with FriedaKahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everydaylife, grand seigneur of his household, father and hunted victim, Trotskylived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. Robert Service draws onhitherto unexamined archives and on his profound understanding of Russianhistory to draw a portrait of the man and his legacy, revealing that thoughhis followers have represented Trotsky as a pure revolutionary soul and apowerful intellect unjustly hounded into exile by Stalin and his henchmen.The reality is very different, as this masterful and compelling biographyreveals.