John P. Davidson

The Obedient Assassin (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel Based on a True Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A dark and riveting thriller that reimagines the life and mission of the Spanish nationalist enlisted to murder Leon Trotsky: Based on a true chapter of world history and ten years of research, here is the story of the real-life reluctant soldier and killer, Ramón Mercader-the obedient assassin Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets and conscripted to murder the great intellectual Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik Revolution who was exiled in the 1920s for opposing Joseph Stalin. As Ramón is trained for the task and assumes a new identity, he lives a lush life in Paris, befriending Frida Kahlo and other artists of the time. He falls in love with a left-leaning Jewish woman whom he is ordered to seduce as a means of getting at Trotsky. From Barcelona to Paris and New York to Mexico City, the group controlling Ramón-including Ramón's mother and her lover-guides the assassin on the inevitable resolution of his grim task as he must penetrate Trotsky's compound.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Delphinium Books
• Seitenzahl: 323
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480465190
• Artikelnr.: 44369723

Autorenporträt

John P. Davidson is a writer from Austin who is publishing a major undercover story in the January issue of Harper's magazine.