Rasputin, the Holy Devil
Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Russia
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Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Russia
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Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Soviet Union
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Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Russia
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Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Russia
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Author : René Fülöp-Miller
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Russia
ISBN :
Author : Douglas Smith
Publisher : Pan Books
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2017-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781447245858
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZENearly a century after his murder, Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever. Was he really a horse thief and a hard-drinking ruffian in his youth? 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? How did he come to know the emperor and empress and to wield so much influence over them? What was the source of his healing power? Was Rasputin running the government in the final years of his life? And if so, was he acting on his own or on the orders of more powerful, hidden forces? Did Prince Yusupov and his fellow conspirators act alone or were they other parties involved in Rasputin's murder-British secret agents or even an underground cell of Freemasons, as has been claimed? And to what extent did Rasputin's murder doom the Romanov dynasty? Drawing on major new sources hitherto unexamined by western historians, Douglas Smith's book is be the definitive biography of this extraordinary figure for a generation.
Author : Douglas Smith
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374711232
On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery and sinister political influence are the stuff of legend, and the downfall of the Romanov dynasty was laid at his feet. But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth. A major new work that combines probing scholarship and powerful storytelling, Rasputin separates fact from fiction to reveal the real life of one of history's most alluring figures. Drawing on a wealth of forgotten documents from archives in seven countries, Smith presents Rasputin in all his complexity--man of God, voice of peace, loyal subject, adulterer, drunkard. Rasputin is not just a definitive biography of an extraordinary and legendary man but a fascinating portrait of the twilight of imperial Russia as it lurched toward catastrophe.
Author : Edmund Aloysius Walsh
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Bolshevism
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Author : Rene Fulop-Miller
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 1977-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780841443082
Rasputin was the most mysterious figure of old Russia who swayed men and nations by the power of his eyes. Contents: Rasputin; The Cellar Preacher; Before the High Priests; The Fateful Idyll of Tsarskoe Selo; The Friend; The Penitential Journey of the Great Sinner; In the Holy of Holies; The Revolt Against the Holy Devil; The Murderer with the Guitar; The Death Ship; Bibliography; Index. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : René Fülöp-Miller
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Russia
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