Rasputin by Antony Beevor Mother's Day but at a terrible price

but at a terrible price

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Rasputin by Antony Beevor Mother's Day but at a terrible priceHardback How could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of the world? Undoubtedly, the so called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. Yet their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle, one that casts an intriguing light on the controversial 'great man' theory of history. Rasputin was a devoted monarchist, not a revolutionary. He had no official position, no forces at his command.