The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky is a three-volume biography of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein ( – 21 August 1940)) by the Polish-British historian Isaac Deutscher. The series traces Trotsky's life from his early revolutionary activities to his eventual assassination in exile. Widely read and influential, the trilogy presents a sympathetic but critical account of Trotsky's political development and historical significance.
Volumes The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879–1921 (1954) The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky, 1921–1929 (1959) The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky, 1929–1940 (1963)
Similar or related works Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service (2009) Trotsky by Tony Cliff (1989–1993, 4 vols.) Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life by Joshua Rubenstein (2011)
About the author
Isaac Deutscher (; 3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs.
See also Russian Revolution Marxist historiography Trotskyism
Leon Trotsky bibliography
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