{"product_id":"the-death-of-trotsky-by-josh-ireland-9781399827300","title":"The Death of Trotsky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' - RORY CARROLL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'As good as any thriller' - HELEN RAPPAPORT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Hugely compelling' - ROGER MOORHOUSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The killer? Ramon Mercader - an aristocratic Spaniard turned Soviet assassin. The mastermind? Joseph Stalin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut this was no simple hit. It was the climax of a decade-long global hunt: a story of seduction and betrayal, of fake identities and secret loyalties, of idealists and fanatics, lovers and spies. While Trotsky raged in exile - still clinging to his revolutionary dream - Stalin's agents closed in. At the heart of it all was Mercader: a man trained to lie, charm and ultimately to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing a path from the cafes of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Trotsky\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds like a spy thriller - a story of obsession and betrayal, of dreams destroyed and loyalties twisted, culminating in one of the most shocking murders of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074321858796,"sku":"9781399827300","price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399827300.jpg?v=1765162106","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-death-of-trotsky-by-josh-ireland-9781399827300","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}