{"product_id":"the-death-of-trotsky-josh-ireland-9781399827300","title":"The Death of Trotsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Elegant, unshowy and gripping in the manner of a dependable le Carre' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The page-turning pace of a thriller . . . A first-class historian' ANDREW ROBERTS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' RORY CARROLL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gripping . . .  Full of treachery, intrigue and betrayal' DAMIEN LEWIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The killer? Ramon Mercader - an aristocratic Spaniard turned Soviet assassin. The mastermind? Joseph Stalin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e But 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Tracing a path from the cafes of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, The Death of Trotsky 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hugely compelling' ROGER MOORHOUSE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As good as any thriller' HELEN RAPPAPORT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Josh Ireland","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48879870968051,"sku":"9781399827300","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781399827300.jpg?v=1777149589","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-death-of-trotsky-josh-ireland-9781399827300","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}