Douglas Smith

Rasputin

The Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

Acclaimed historian Douglas Smith's riveting â and revisionist â biography of Rasputin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Unabridged ed
• Seitenzahl: 848
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 63mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781447245858
• ISBN-10: 1447245857
• Artikelnr.: 42789533

Autorenporträt

Douglas Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: List of Illustrations Section
ii: Maps Section
iii: Notes on Dates and Spelling Unit
Part One: HOLY PILGRIM 1869
1904 Chapter
1: Origins Chapter
2: The Pilgrim Chapter
3: Nicholas and Alexandra Chapter
4: Monsieur Philippe Chapter
5: Alexei Chapter
6: The Burning Torch Chapter
7: The Mad Monk Unit
Part Two: OUR FRIEND: 1905
1909 Chapter
8: To the Throne Chapter
9: Rasputin
Novy Chapter
10: Sects and Whips Chapter
11: Demons of the Silver Age Chapter
12: Anna Vyrubova Chapter
13: The Eyes Chapter
14: ". . . prayers that purify and protect us." Chapter
15: The Investigation: Part I Chapter
16: The First Test Chapter
17: "better ten Rasputins . . ." Unit
Part Three: SCANDALS: 1910
1911 Chapter
18: Trouble in the Nursery Chapter
19: The Press Discovers Rasputin Chapter
20: In Search of Rasputin Chapter
21: Prince Yusupov Chapter
22: Holy Land Chapter
23: Rasputin in His Own Words Chapter
24: Iliodor's Triumph Chapter
25: Two Murders Chapter
26: Confronting the "Antichrist" Unit
Part Four: A TIME OF MIRACLES: 1912
July 1914 Chapter
27: Germogen's Fall Chapter
28: Iliodor, Apostate Chapter
29: Quousque tandem abutere patientia nostra? Chapter
30: The Blow to the Alcove Chapter
31: The Investigation II: Was Rasputin a Khlyst? Chapter
32: The Miracle at Spala Chapter
33: War and Celebration Chapter
34: Gutter Talk, Name
Glorifiers, and Murder Plots Chapter
35: On the Edge of a Precipice Chapter
36: The Attack Chapter
37: "This time it didn't work . . ." Chapter
38: Iliodor's Flight Unit
Part Five: WAR: July 1914
1915 Chapter
39: A Menacing Cloud Chapter
40: The Incident at the Yar Chapter
41: Rasputin's Women Chapter
42: Dinner with Rasputin Chapter
43: The Religious Faces of Rasputin Chapter
44: A Summer of Troubles Chapter
45: The Tovarpar Chapter
46: Nicholas Takes Command Chapter
47: Rasputin, Favorite Chapter
48: Fresh Scandal Chapter
49: The Troika Chapter
50: Gorokhovaya, 64 Chapter
51: Dark Forces and Mad Chauffeurs Chapter
52: Another Miracle Unit
Part Six: THE FINAL YEAR: 1916 Chapter
53: Revolution in the Air Chapter
54: The Minister Plots Murder Chapter
55: Iliodor in America Chapter
56: With Us or With Them Chapter
57: Rasputin the Spy? Chapter
58: Rasputin and the Jews Chapter
59: "The sun will shine . . ." Chapter
60: Apotheosis Chapter
61: Stupidity or Treason Chapter
62: "Vanya has arrived." Chapter
63: "My hour will soon strike" Chapter
64: The Last Day Chapter
65: A Cowardly Crime Chapter
66: The Investigation Chapter
67: The Body in the Water Chapter
68: The Romanov Family Drama Chapter
69: Orgies, Gay Love, and the Secret Hand of the British Chapter
70: The End of the Tobolsk Yoke Unit
Part Seven: THE AFTERMATH: 1917
1918 Chapter
71: A Time for Dominoes Chapter
72: Here Lies the Dog Chapter
73: The Myth Chapter
74: Unsettled Business Section
iv: Epilogue Acknowledgements
v: Acknowledgements Section
vi: Bibliography Section
vii: Endnotes Index
viii: Index