[D66] The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky

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    The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky

by Isaac Deutscher <http://www.versobooks.com/authors/347-isaac-deutscher>
Classic biography of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, now collected
in a single volume
Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused such
intensities of fierce admiration and reactionary fear as Russian
revolutionary Leon Trotsky. His extraordinary life and extensive
writings have left an indelible mark on the revolutionary consciousness.
Yet there was once a danger that his life and influence would be
relegated to the footnotes of history.

Published over the course of ten years, beginning in 1954, Deutscher’s
magisterial three-volume biography turned back the tide of Stalin’s
propaganda, and has since been praised by everyone from Tony Blair to
Graham Greene. In this definitive work, now reissued in a single volume,
Trotsky’s true stature emerges as the most heroic, and ultimately
tragic, character of the Russian Revolution.

Paperback <http://www.versobooks.com/books/1762-the-prophet>, 1648 pages
<http://www.versobooks.com/books/1762-the-prophet>

ISBN: 9781781685600

January 2015

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    Reviews

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    “In the 1930s, Trotsky, with a handful of followers, attempted to
    block the path of Stalin’s relentless hurricane of betrayal and
    murder. His epic defence of the soul of the Revolution against its
    bureaucratic executioners was a torchlight in the storm. In one of
    the very greatest modern biographies, Isaac Deutscher redeems the
    legacy of this astonishing revolutionary and humanist thinker.”

    – Mike Davis, author of /Planet of Slums/

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    “The three volumes of Isaac Deutscher’s life of Trotsky ... were for
    me the most exciting reading of the year. Surely this must be
    counted among the greatest biographies in the English language.”

    – Graham Greene

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    “He has told the story more accurately and with fuller detail than
    ever before. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in
    the history of Soviet Russia and of international communism.”

    – A. J. P. Taylor, /New Statesman/

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    “This is the critical voice the velvet revolution faded out. The
    republication of Deutscher’s classic trilogy is good news for a new
    generation who want to know what went wrong with communist-style
    socialism.”

    – Sheila Rowbotham


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