{"product_id":"death-of-trotsky-1","title":"Death Of Trotsky By Ireland, Josh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elegant, unshowy and gripping in the manner of a dependable le Carre' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe page-turning pace of a thriller . . . A first-class historian' ANDREW ROBERTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' RORY CARROLL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping . . .  F\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eull of treachery, intrigue and betrayal' DAMIEN LEWIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Tracing a path from the cafes 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'H\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eugely compelling' ROGER MOORHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As good as any thriller'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHELEN RAPPAPORT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820668854654,"sku":"NW9781399827300","price":15.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399827300.jpg?v=1786167512","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/death-of-trotsky-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}