The prophet armed--Trotsky, 1879-1921
*The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879–1921* is the first in a three volume biography of Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein[c]) (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940) by the Polish-British historian Isaac Deutscher. It was first published in 1954 by Oxford University Press. (