Trotsky

He led the Military Revolutionary Committee that overthrew Russiaâ€s provisional government in 1917 and was widely regarded as the Revolution's finest orator, yet Trotsky died in exile, assassinated by Soviet agents. In a revelatory study that revised the Bolshevik leaderâ€s reputation, Service traces the life of a man who ‘moved like a bright comet across the political skyâ€.