About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination of Leon Trotsky and the events leading up to it with guest Josh Ireland.

In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. While the death of Trotsky is well known, the paths taken to that fateful day in Mexico City are not, and Josh Ireland had an incredible story tell, but can he convince you to buy his book in just 15 minutes? Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Buy The Death of Trotsky by Josh Ireland at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us! UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781399827294 US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780593187104 Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub (US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub 0:00 Welcome to the 15 Minute Book Club 1:27 Introducing Our Guest: Josh Ireland 2:20 The Life of Leon Trotsky 6:02 Trotsky's Rivalry with Stalin 12:09 The Plot to Kill Trotsky 13:53 The Assassin: Ramon Mercader 16:37 The Relevance of Trotsky Today Patreon members get extra time: 15 more…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

Guest: Josh Ireland

Topics covered

• Trotsky
• assassination
• history
• political rivalry
• biography

Keywords

• Trotsky
• assassination
• Josh Ireland
• Stalin
• Ramon Mercader
• Mexico City
• history
• biography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Bookshop.org

Books & works: The Death of Trotsky

Places: Mexico City

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