Rasputin
Subtitle: the untold story
By: Joseph T. Fuhrmann
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781118172766
Subjects: Religion; Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ; Court and courtiers; Healers; Mystics; Biography; History
Description: "Legend portrays Rasputin as the 'Mad Monk' who rampaged through St. Petersburg in an alcoholic haze, making love to scores of women. A symbol of excess and religious extremism, he was believed to hold a mysterious power, emanating from his hypnotic eyes, over Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The fact that he was neither mad nor a monk has not stopped scores of writers from repeating these and other bogus claims. In Rasputin: the untold story, Rasputin scholar Joseph Fuhrmann shares the fruits of this two-decade search for the truth about Rasputin through previously closed Soviet archives. The man he discovers is entirely human and even more fascinating than the Svengali-like caricature imagined by millions. This definitive biography unveils the truth behind Gregory Rasputin's storied life, controversial relationships, and much-discussed death. Furhmann unearths previously unknown details from Rasputin's childhood and his early years as a farmer and itinerant preacher to his decade-long relationship with the Romanovs."--Jacket.
Notes: "Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cast of Characters; title: The Outsider; title: Seeker and Teacher; title: Nicholas and Alexandra : Waiting for a Freind; title: The New Rasputin; title: The Church Strikes Back; title: The Romanovs' Holy Fool; title: The Captain's Mysterious Report; title: Black Boars Become Bishops; title: "You Are Our All"; title: "God Has Heard Your Prayers"; title: Spiritual Crisis; title: "The Slut Stuck a Knife Up My Ass!"; title: Disaster Lurks in Moscow; title: The Tsar Takes Command; title: Rasputin Conquers the State; title: The Church at the Feet of a "Low Hound"; title: "Our Friend's Ideas About Men Are Sometimes Queer?; title: Shadows Come at Twilight; title: The Assassin; title: Murder at the Palace; title: The Aftermath; title: Who Really Killed Rasputin?; title: Epilogue.