Bibliograph

The obedient assassin, a novel based on a true story, John P. Davidson

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The obedient assassin, a novel based on a true story, John P. Davidson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The obedient assassin

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John P. Davidson

Sub title

a novel based on a true story

Summary

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 in tellectual 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

Target audience

adult

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