Author: LEVINE, ISAAC DON
Title: THE MIND OF AN ASSASSIN.
Description: London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1959, Ist edition. An account of the assassination of Leon Trotsky at his home in Mexico, in 1940, & the assassin Ramon Mercader. Stalin hated Trotsky & wanted him killed. Trotsky fled Russia & settled in Mexico. Mercader, a Spaniard who claimed he was either Belgian or French Canadian, trained to kill by the USSR, he was caught near the badly injured Trotsky, who died later. Imprisoned for 20 years, Mercader went to live in Moscow, died in Cuba & was buried in Moscow. 236 pages. Cover and contents are near fine, no inscription but endpages are slightly faintly marked, probably from damp? D./w. is very worn, & torn on all edges, priced £21/- (£1.05). 1959

Keywords: Trotsky Stalin Ramon Mercader assassination


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