Trotsky: A Graphic Biography by Rick Geary, 112 pgs., Russian History, Biography.
A well-illustrated biography of the Russian Revolutionary.
I knew a little about Trotsky before I read this, that he and Lenin had a rocky relationship, with Trotsky being sometimes Lenin's favorite, and sometimes way down on Lenin's list. I knew that he had been one of the intellectuals, the writers, of the Russian revolution. And that Stalin had had him killed in Mexico. I did not know that he had been such an important military leader, or that he seemed to be the basis for the Strelikov character in Dr. Zhivago, with the cool armored train (though without a Lara, since Trotsky's wife went into exile with him).
An informative introduction to Trotsky's life.
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