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"A beautifully written, clear-eyed biography of a very Russian tragedy.”—Dan Jones, The Sunday Times From one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his seduction of the...

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...

Rasputin: visionary, fraud or victim of history? THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY' DAN SNOW 'ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES OF HISTORY, TOLD BY ONE OF OUR GREATEST HISTORIANS' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'THIS EXTRAORDINARY STORY HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER TOLD'...

From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only...

A century after his death, Grigory Rasputin remains fascinating: the Russian peasant with hypnotic eyes who befriended Tsar Nicholas II and helped destroy the Russian Empire, but the truth about his strange life has never fully been told. Written by the world's leading authority on Rasputin, this new biography draws on previously closed Soviet archives to offer new information on Rasputin's relationship with Empress Alexandra, sensational revelations about his sexual conquests, a re-examination of his murder, and more.

Monsters, ghosts, dead, undead, and Frankensteins still unsure if they're depressed because they're abominations against existence or if it's just been forever since they've been laid, all can find love with Rasputin's Supernatural Dating Service! Eli Kowalski has seen his share of freaks as a Certifier for Rasputin's Supernatural Dating Service. It's his job to weed out the real monsters from the weirdos with too much black lipstick. While on a routine certification, he comes across the Tablet of Nicaea. A powerful witch and self-proclaimed -Men's Rights Activist- wants to steal the tablet...

Born in a remote village where superstition and faith intermingled like snow and wind, Rasputin possessed an otherworldly magnetism that would make him the most powerful man in Russia without ever holding an official rank. Through his claimed ability to heal the hemophiliac heir to the throne, he gained unprecedented access to Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, becoming their most trusted advisor during the empire's darkest hour. But Rasputin was a walking contradiction—a holy man who wallowed in sin, a healer who sowed destruction, a peasant who toppled dynasties. His scandalous ...

Poisoned. Shot. Attacked. Left for dead. And still moving. On a freezing night in 1916, a group of Russian aristocrats attempt to eliminate the one man they believe is destroying their empire: Grigori Rasputin — the mystic who bewitched the royal family and terrified the nobility. But killing him turns out to be far more complicated than anyone expected. Told with sharp wit and cinematic tension, this 5,000-word short story drops you straight into the chaos of Rasputin’s final night. No long biography. No slow buildup. Just the unbelievable events as they unfolded moment by moment, ...

In this Raspberry Pi manual you will learn how to install and configure a Raspberry Pi and much more.First we will discuss the history and background of the Raspberry Pi. Then we will go through all currently available models, technical data, interfaces, interesting software, hardware projects and available operating systems. With this Raspberry Pi beginners guide you will build or expand your knowledge. If your goal is to use the Raspberry Pi to implement projects for your everyday or professional life, then this manual is perfect for you. After completing this manual, you have learned so ...

1914, and the intense shadows of an unexpectedly fiery summer that is burning up the whole of Europe are hiding beneath them the darker shadows of the “war to end all wars.” And these shadows, in turn, are concealing the darkest shadows of them all – those predicting a violent revolution that will draw to a shocking close the Romanov dynasty in Russia that will devour its children. Meanwhile, Empress Alexandra, always more focused on what is happening right there in her boudoir, is more concerned about the possibility of a palace coup, as she suspects that her disconcertingly uppity ...

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age.  

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer. He’s a man who can get you anything you want … at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one client, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From Kathryn Harrison, one of America’s most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia’s Romanov Empire. St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pulled from the icy waters of the Neva River...

Grigori Rasputín tomó por sorpresa a sus contemporáneos. Más de un siglo después de su violenta muerte, su biografía sigue espantando y fascinando. Nacido en un pequeño pueblo de Siberia Occidental, empezó a tener visiones místicas y borracheras en la adolescencia. Luego de un paso por la secta de los flagelantes, desarrolló el carisma que le hizo ganarse la confianza de la zarina Alejandra, encargándose de las "curaciones" de su hijo hemofílico y poco a poco ascendiendo en influencia sobre la Dinastía Románov.

Available and annotated for the first time in English, Aron Simanovitch’s memoirs offer an intimate view of Rasputin through the eyes of his dear friend and secretary. Simanovitch reveals Rasputin’s progressive ideas for social and economic reform that outraged the nobility. In the process, he paints a Peyton Place image of early twentieth century Petersburg society, with its gossip, plots and intrigue. But more importantly, his revelations about Rasputin’s humanitarianism lend a three-dimensional view to this controversial figure of Russian history.

In Son of Holmes, John Lescroart introduced Auguste Lupa, reputed son of the greatest detective of all time... and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right. Now, in Rasputin’s Revenge, Lupa is summoned to the court of the Russian Czar - where, with a bit of unexpected assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip....

Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 16, 1918. Ten months have passed since Nicholas II’s reign was cut short by revolutionaries. Tonight, the White Army advances on the town where the Tsar and his family are being held captive by the Bolsheviks. Nicholas dares to hope for salvation. Instead, the...

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At last a book about the so-called "Mad Monk" of Imperial Russia that lays to rest the myths and reveals the truth about one of the most controversial characters in human history while exploring the impact his murder had on a dynasty, a people, and a country.

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