{"product_id":"the-death-of-trotsky-the-true-story-of-the-plot-to-kill-stalins-greatest-enemy-hardcover","title":"The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosh Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson, the gripping story of the assassination of Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky and the deadly game of cat and mouse that preceded it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky invited a man he knew only as Jacques Mornard into his study. Mornard waited for Trotsky to sit, then smashed an ice pick he had hidden in his raincoat into Trotsky's skull. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over a decade, Trotsky's greatest enemy, Joseph Stalin, had been trying to arrange his murder. Stalin's agents had hunted him across Europe and into a lonely, bitter exile in Mexico. He had liquidated Trotsky's family and friends, and yet Trotsky had always escaped his clutches. The man who changed this all was Ramón Mercader, a minor Spanish aristocrat and Soviet agent who had posed as Mornard, a dissolute Belgian playboy, and infiltrated Trotsky's inner circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Trotsky\u003c\/i\u003e, Josh Ireland traces the separate paths walked by each of these protagonists as they steadily draw closer and closer to that fateful encounter on August 20. Blending intimate historical detail and thrilling historical narrative, swinging from Moscow to Paris to Mexico, and taking in a cast of morally conflicted Russian spies, fanatical Mexican painters, and innocent American idealists, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Trotsky \u003c\/i\u003edelves into the lives of two fascinating, complex men locked in a life-or-death struggle that would bend the course of history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh Ireland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and editor. He lives in London and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Traitors \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), an \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003ebook of the year, and \u003ci\u003eChurchill \u0026amp; Son\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) a \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e book of the year\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also ghosted a number of top-five \u003ci\u003eSunday Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestsellers and written for the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.25 x 6.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978311631149,"sku":"9780593187104","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z3S1ZncvkM9780593187104.webp?v=1775801559","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-death-of-trotsky-the-true-story-of-the-plot-to-kill-stalins-greatest-enemy-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}