Author: PATENAUDE, BERTRAND M. (1956-)
Title: Trotsky : downfall of a revolutionary
Description: New York : Harper 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 370 pages; Description: 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Trotsky. Leon (1879-1940) --Assassination --Revolutionaries --Soviet Union --Statesmen --Soviet Union --Exiles --Mexico --Biography --History --1910-1946. Summary: Historian Patenaude. a lecturer at Stanford. concentrates on the period from 1937. when Trotsky arrived in Mexico. to his assassination in 1940. painting a vivid portrait of Lenin's former right-hand man: his stormy relations with his flamboyant Mexican champion (and later enemy). artist Diego Rivera; his dealings with his American supporters; and the relentless efforts of Stalin's GPU to kill him. by Bertrand M. Patenaude.Weight in Kg appr.:

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