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The Great Prince Died: A Novel about the Assassination of Trotsky
Bernard Wolfe
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Description for The Great Prince Died: A Novel about the Assassination of Trotsky
Paperback. On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. The author offers his account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student, the Mexican police chief, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. In The Great Prince Died, Bernard Wolfe offers his lyrical, fictionalized account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student helping to translate the exiled Trotsky's work (and to guard him), the Mexican police chief, a Rumanian revolutionary, the assassin and his handlers, a poor Mexican "peon," and Trotsky himself. Drawing on his own experiences working as the exiled Trotsky's secretary and bodyguard ... Read more
On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. In The Great Prince Died, Bernard Wolfe offers his lyrical, fictionalized account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student helping to translate the exiled Trotsky's work (and to guard him), the Mexican police chief, a Rumanian revolutionary, the assassin and his handlers, a poor Mexican "peon," and Trotsky himself. Drawing on his own experiences working as the exiled Trotsky's secretary and bodyguard ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226260648
SKU
V9780226260648
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About Bernard Wolfe
Bernard Wolfe (1915-85) was an American writer whose interests stretched from cybernetics to politics. He was the author of many books, including Limbo and The Late Risers, and coauthor of Mezz Mezzrow's classic memoir, Really the Blues.
Reviews for The Great Prince Died: A Novel about the Assassination of Trotsky
"No one who reads The Great Prince Died can fail to be gripped by a tale well told. Its message is one the free world will ignore at its peril." (New York Times) "Wolfe has produced one of the major political novels of our time and a provocative thesis in modern dialectics." (Boston Globe) "Wolfe is a remarkable and essential ... Read more