{"product_id":"9781399827294","title":"The Death of Trotsky : The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Josh Ireland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eRussia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 February 2026 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 242 x 35 | 596g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY'The page-turning pace of a thriller . . . A first-class historian' ANDREW ROBERTS'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' RORY CARROLL'Gripping . . .  Full of treachery, intrigue and betrayal' DAMIEN LEWIS In 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\u003cp\u003e  But 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\u003cp\u003e  Tracing a path from the cafes of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, The Death of Trotsky 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\u003cp\u003e'Hugely compelling' ROGER MOORHOUSE'As good as any thriller' HELEN RAPPAPORT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56427313791362,"sku":"9781399827294","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781399827294.jpg?v=1772442344","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781399827294","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}