Nicholas was particularly drawn to Philippe. He went to visit him at Znamenka on the twelfth and the two sat alone for over three hours. “The ways of the Lord are inscrutable!” he noted in his diary after returning to the palace.
More than just the story of an extraordinary life, Rasputin offers a fascinating portrait of the twilight of Imperial Russia as it lurched towards catastrophe.
No one intrigued by the last years of Imperial Russia will want to miss this book." —Richard G. Robbins Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico Legend portrays Rasputin as the "Mad Monk" who rampaged through St. Petersburg in an ...
"What if Rasputin, the 'Mad Monk,' could actually heal the sick and the injured... even the dead? What would that do to everything we think has happened in the last two centuries? Probably nothing good."--Back cove
las bromas de la Historia: el hombre al que los monárquicos rusos vieron como el destructor de la autocracia se ha convertido en el adalid de las nuevas ideas autocráticas. ... Los mitos rusos sobre diablos y santos.
In Rasputin: the untold story, Rasputin scholar Joseph Fuhrmann shares the fruits of this two-decade search for the truth about Rasputin through previously closed Soviet archives.
But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth.
Set against the vivid backdrop of prerevolutionary Russia, Rasputin is a portrait of an age as well as of a man. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
The perfect introduction to the man whose dark arts caused scandal across Russia
Provides an account of the life of the Siberian mystic who gained the favor of the Imperial Court, considering how he shaped Russian foreign policy, his relationship with the Tsarina, and his role in the tsarist regime's downfall.
Was he a a devout Orthodox Christian, or was he in fact a just a fake holy man? Are the stories of his enormous sexual drive, debauchery, and drunken orgies true or simply a myth?
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An unprecedented insight into the most enigmatic of men thanks to the use of previously unavailable sources and interviews.
But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth.
Gregory Rasputin figures in Russian history as a malign and destructive force, a man with an unhealthy influence on the Empress Alexandra and undue power in Russian politics. Yet, his...
For historical aficionados and curious readers alike, this is the perfect ‘short life’ - gripping and hilariously funny, this biography sheds much-needed light on the life of the Russian icon: Grigory Rasputin.
The biography of Grigory Rasputin, a Russian peasant and monk who exercised tremendous power over Nicholas and Alexandra, the last tsar and tsarina of Russia.
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