{"product_id":"9781399827331-the-death-of-trotsky","title":"The Death of Trotsky","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pulse-pounding true story of espionage, betrayal and murder - tracing the long hunt that led from the Kremlin to Mexico City, and ending in one of the most infamous assassinations of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elegant, unshowy and gripping in the manner of a dependable le Carré' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The page-turning pace of a thriller . A first-class historian' ANDREW ROBERTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Breathtaking . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' RORY CARROLL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping .  Full of treachery, intrigue and betrayal' DAMIEN LEWIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The killer? Ramón Mercader - an aristocratic Spaniard turned Soviet assassin. The mastermind? Joseph Stalin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this was no simple hit. It was the climax of a decade-long global hunt: a story of seduction and betrayal, of fake identities and secret loyalties, of idealists and fanatics, lovers and spies. While Trotsky raged in exile - still clinging to his revolutionary dream - Stalin's agents closed in. At the heart of it all was Mercader: a man trained to lie, charm and ultimately to kill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tracing a path from the cafés of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Trotsky\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds like a spy thriller - a story of obsession and betrayal, of dreams destroyed and loyalties twisted, culminating in one of the most shocking murders of the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely compelling' ROGER MOORHOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As good as any thriller' HELEN RAPPAPORT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57957004673398,"sku":"9781399827331","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_15085544_28914671_20260526075057.jpg?v=1779853574","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399827331-the-death-of-trotsky","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}