The Prophet Outcast

About “The Prophet Outcast”

The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky, 1929–1940 is the third volume of a three-part biography of Leon Trotsky by Isaac Deutscher. The book covers Trotsky's life from 1929 until his death in 1940. It was published in 1963 by Oxford University Press. Deutscher, a Polish-British historian, wrote the biography to document Trotsky's political career and his role in the Russian Revolution. The book focuses on Trotsky's exile and his continued involvement in political affairs after being expelled from the Soviet Union.