Results for: books tagged ‘Leon Trotsky’
Stalin's Nemesis: Bertrand Patenaude
The story of one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political murders: the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Trotsky was the charismatic intellectual of the Russian Revolution, and a brilliant writer ... More
Molotov's Magic Lantern: Rachel Polonsky
A writer explores a country and its culture in a luminous, original and unforgettable book.In the 1990s Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow with her family, and began a ... More
The Crisis in Russia, 1920: Arthur Ransome
But for Swallows and Amazons, some of Arthur Ransome's earlier writings would be better known. The extraordinary success Ransome achieved as a children's writer, from the 1930's until his death ... More
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Six Weeks in Russia, 1919: Arthur Ransome
But for Swallows and Amazons, some of Arthur Ransome's earlier writings would be better known. The extraordinary success Ransome achieved as a children's writer, from the 1930's until his death ... More
The Last Englishman: Roland Chambers
Long before Swallows and Amazons was published, there had been another Arthur Ransome, famous for different reasons. MI6? Bolshevism? All is revealed ... More