Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
- ISBN-10
- 0374240841
- ISBN-13
- 9780374240844
- Series
- Rasputin
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 848
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-11-22
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Douglas Smith
Description
A "biography of Rasputin, spiritual guide to the Romanovs and source of great political intrigue, based on many new documents"--
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