Books like Trotsky
Loved Trotsky by Robert Service? Here are 5 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Trotsky →5 books
- 1The Prophet Armed
The Prophet Armed
Isaac DeutscherThe first volume of Deutscher's classic trilogy, a sympathetic and detailed biography of Trotsky through the revolution and civil war.
- 2A People's Tragedy
A People's Tragedy
Orlando FigesA wide-ranging history of the revolution that places Bolshevik leaders such as Trotsky within the social upheaval of the period.
- 3The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution
Richard PipesA foundational account of the revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power, covering the events in which Trotsky played a central part.
- 4Memoirs of a Revolutionary
Memoirs of a Revolutionary
Victor SergeThe memoir of a revolutionary who knew Trotsky and the Left Opposition, giving a view of the same political world from inside it.
- 5My Life
My Life
Leon TrotskyTrotsky's own autobiography, written in 1930, which gives his account of his early life and revolutionary career.
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