Grigori Rasputin: The Biography
University Press, "Grigori Rasputin: The Biography"
English | ISBN: 1797502816 | 2019 | 61 pages | AZW3 | 245 KB
English | ISBN: 1797502816 | 2019 | 61 pages | AZW3 | 245 KB
University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Grigori Rasputin.
Grigori Rasputin was a lowly peasant from a small village in Siberia. Yet, as a self-proclaimed mystic, holy man, and miracle worker, he went on to amass a group of zealous followers that included the most powerful couple in Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.
Rasputin earned a reputation as a drunkard, abuser of women, and bribe-taking opportunist, but he was able to use his remarkable influence with the royal family to meddle in the affairs of both Church and State - and accrue a number of powerful enemies in the process. Enemies who could ensure his violent demise.
This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.
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