Rasputin.

Read a reasonably extensive impression on Rasputin, The evil monk. Many did not like this swearing,dirty man who came from the icy plains of Siberia. Make up your own mind by clicking 'Go there' below.

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This book is very good because of Moynahan's account of all things happening to and around Rasputin at the time. It is a wonderful story - outrageous and compelling. Moynahan did an excellent job in his portrayal of early 20th century Russia. The vivid accounts of the Romonov family is the true reason the novel commands so much attetion from the reader. At parts it seems to become redundant, possibly because of Rasputin's tireless exploits. This book is a revealing, and fascinating look at Russia during that period. For that reason alone it is well worth the time.

After more than 8 decades of myths surrounding the mysterious life and death of Grigori Rasputin, Mr. Radzinsky has written a convincing account, based on an exhaustive search for primary research materials, dispelling many of them. While presenting evidence that robs the legend of much of its fascination, he alternately suggests that other aspects of Rasputin's life and devious rise to power were just as incredible, i.e. his attempts to stop Czar Nicholas from helping to ignite the fuel that led millions to their deaths in the First World War.

It would be hard to give a full and satisfactory account of the life of Rasputin. His exploits -- from duping the Romanov family into thinking he had magic powers, to holding marathon orgies -- were astonishing in their breadth and weirdness. This book, whose title is taken from an anti-Rasputin pamphlet published near the end of his life, does as good a job as any of explaining who he was and where he came from. It was first published several years ago, so it is somewhat out of date with historical scholarship.

"Contradictions, what of them, for you they are contradictions, but I am me, Grigorii Rasputin, and that's what matters: look at me, see what I have become!"(De Jonge 124). This one statement made by Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin is the window to his soul. Every part of his complex personality is exposed in it, but it takes the 350 page book by Alex De Jonge to realize it. "The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin" is an in depth and well researched biography not only on "the mad monk" but also on all of the lives that he touched. Through this book one can successfully throw away the many Russian rumors that have become Rasputins's legacy to formulate a better objective view of what is closer to the truth.

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