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A Good Intorduction
A trustworthy profile: the head,the heart and the soul...

Rasputin (Get a Life)
Harold Shukman
Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0750915293

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Gregory Rasputin figures in Russian history as a malign and destructive force, a man with an unhealthy influence on the Empress Alexandra and undue power in Russian politics. Yet, his purposes were ostensibly beneficent. An uneducated peasant, he left Siberia to become a wandering holy man and soon acquired a reputation as a healer. The empress was desperate to find a cure for the hemophilia from which her son Alexei suffered, and in 1905 Rasputin was presented at court. His positive effect on the heir's health made him indispensable. But his religious teachings were unorthodox, and his charismatic presence aroused in many ladies of the St Petersburg aristocracy an exalted response, which he exploited sexually. Shady financial dealings added to the atmosphere of debauchery and scandal, and he was also seen as a political threat. He was assassinated in 1916.

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A Good Intorduction.......2003-01-27

I wanted to get a brief introduction to the life of
Rasputin and this book delivered very well. It's well
writen, at times I thought I was reading the novelisation
of a film rather then history as it sort of plays out like
a movie.

Rasputin is an interesting character and this book made me want to read something more detailed and in depth on his life and
relationship with the Ramonavs. But I would suggest this book
for those who just want to get a glimps of who this man was. You
can read it in a couple hours.

A trustworthy profile: the head,the heart and the soul..........2001-05-20

It is a profound investigation about the demoniac monk. This book can teach us a great deal about the dark side of the human soul. The contents tend to lean us to two extremes: painful feeling of great fear and strange enchant.

Bartok the Bat: Get a Life! (Golden Super Shape Book)

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The life of rasputin, by his daughter.

Bartok the Bat: Get a Life! (Golden Super Shape Book)
Golden Books
Manufacturer: Golden Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0307130207
Release Date: 1997-09-29

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The life of rasputin, by his daughter........1998-02-12

This is not really a review. I'm trying to find this book. It is the most candid story about Rasputin ever written. It was by his daughter, written through a ghost writer. Don't know the name of the book or the daughter's name. Rasputin seemed to have a great sensual hold over member of the Catholic church. Much of his story has been white-washed. Fantastic book! I've lost track of it over the years.

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