Trotsky: A Graphic Biography

Trotsky was a hero to some a ruthless demon to others. To Stalin he was such a threat that he warranted murder by pickax. This polarizing figure set up a world conflict that lasted through the twentieth century and in Trotsky: A Graphic Biography the renowned comic artist Rick Geary uses his distinct style to depict the stark reality of the man and his times. Trotskys life becomes a guide to the creation of the Soviet Union the horrors of World War I and the establishment of international communism as he Lenin and their fellow Bolsheviks rise from persecution and a life underground to the height of political power. Ranging from his boyhood in the Ukraine to his fallout with Stalin and his moonlight romance with Frida Kahlo Trotsky is a stunning look at one of the twentieth centurys most important thinkers and the far-reaching political trends that he launched.