Rasputin
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This biography looks past the legend of Gregory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant who became one of the most talked-about figures at the Russian imperial court. Often remembered as a sinister force, he drew attention in his own time for his healing reputation and the hopes placed in him. Shukman traces how a wandering holy man came to be received at court when the empress sought help for her ailing son, how his unorthodox religious views and magnetic personality stirred gossip among the aristocracy, and how his financial dealings and political influence fed scandal in the years before the First World War.
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