Rasputin Rasputin Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs Douglas Smith Farrar Straus Giroux2016Hardback846pp Illustrated226x150mm 9780374240844 Product Code: 508134 Details How did a peasant mystic exert a fatal hold over the tsar and tsarina of Russia? Day by day, week by week, this biography charts Rasputin’s progress f... DetailsBackDetailsHow did a peasant mystic exert a fatal hold over the tsar and tsarina of Russia? Day by day, week by week, this biography charts Rasputin’s progress from the Siberian village of Pokrovskoe, where he first began to attract followers, to the court in St Petersburg. New material from previously untapped archives paints a picture of his charisma, egotism and depravity, and the credulity of the imperial couple, against the epic backdrop of war and revolution.Read moreRead less publ $35.00now £12.99 Qty Qty123 Add to Basket CategoriesBiography (all)BiographyHistory20th Century HistoryTagsBiographyEuropean history