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This first volume of the trilogy traces Trotsky's political development
Isaac Deutscher was born in 1907 near Krakow and joined the Polish Communist Party, from which he was expelled in 1932. He then moved to London where he died in 1967. His other books include Stalin and The Unfinished Revolution.
In the 1930s, Trotsky, with a handful of followers, attempted to
block the path of Stalin's relentless hurricane of betrayal and
murder. His epic defence of the soul of the Revolution against its
bureaucratic executioners was a torchlight in the storm. In one of
the very greatest modern biographies, Isaac Deutscher redeems the
legacy of this astonishing revolutionary and humanist thinker.
*Mike Davis*
The three volumes of Isaac Deutscher's life of Trotsky ... were for
me the most exciting reading of the year. Surely this must be
counted among the greatest biographies in the English language.
*Graham Greene*
He has told the story more accurately and with fuller detail than
ever before. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested
in the history of Soviet Russia and of international communism.
*New Statesman*
This is the critical voice the velvet revolution faded out. The
republication of Deutscher's classic trilogy is good news for a new
generation who want to know what went wrong with communist-style
socialism.
*Sheila Rowbotham*
Deutscher is an exceedingly vivid writer with a sense of style, and
a warm and understanding sympathy for his hero: this makes him a
first rate biographer.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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