| Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary Contributor(s): Patenaude, Bertrand M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060820691 ISBN-13: 9780060820695 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.58" W x 7.93" (0.65 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary, Stanford University lecturer Bertrand M. Patenaude tells the dramatic story of Leon Trotsky's final years in exile in Mexico. Shedding new light on Trotsky's tumultuous friendship with painter Diego Rivera, his affair with Rivera's wife Frida Kahlo, and his torment as his family and comrades become victims of the Great Terror, Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary brilliantly illuminates the fateful and dramatic life of one of history's most famous yet elusive figures. |
Contributor Bio(s): Patenaude, Bertrand M.: - Bertrand M. Patenaude is a lecturer at Stanford University, where he is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives. He is the author of The Big Show in Bololand, which won the Marshall Shulman Book Prize. He lives in Menlo Park, California. |
