Rasputin
A short life
$30.28
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2015
Summary
Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, ‘I don’t even know my ABC…’ But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of haemophilia in the Tsar’s heir Alexis, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court. During the last decade of his life, he and his band of ‘little ladies’ came to symbolise all that was decadent and remote about the royal fam…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780722320 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178072232X |
| Author: | Frances Welch |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Short Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
In this slender and enjoyable biography, Frances Welch sets about her search for the man with common sense, wry observation and insight…. she writes delightfully. * Sunday Times *
In this elegant and insightful short biography, Welch has done an excellent job of digging out the kind of telling detail that often gets swamped by the grand political narrative. * Mail on Sunday *
A delight to read, if horror can be delightful. * Daily Telegraph *
A dazzling book. * Daily Mail *
Was Rasputin a prophet or a charlatan, a shrewd power player or a demented devilish idiot? The answer, according to this slim and witty volume, is a bit of everything. * The Times *
About The Author
Frances Welch
Frances Welch is the author of The Imperial Tea Party (2018), Rasputin: A Short Life (2014), The Russian Court at Sea (2011), A Romanov Fantasy (2008) and The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes (2004), all published by Short Books. Frances Welch has written for The Sunday Telegraph, Granta and The Spectator. She lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk with her husband, Craig Brown.
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